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Case notes on claims after crashes and falls on roads and footpaths: drivers, passengers, riders, cyclists and pedestrians.
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- Motorcycle accident
Three Cs biker overcomes chequered police history to defeat Suncorp shakedown in highway tanker prang
Consistency consistency consistency. The following is a textbook example of how uniformity in a plaintiff’s account of an accident occurrence can trump a determined insurer attack on the claimant's credibility.
- Truck accident
fatigue driving the same as drink driving?
The dangers of fatigued driving are becoming well known now with a recent study, conducted by the Queensland University of Technology revealing important information to drivers.
- Bicycle accident
Accident risks to cyclists don’t stop at the kerb
Insurers have in the past refused to pay injury compensation claims to injured cyclists because cycling – they argue –is a “dangerous recreational activity” for which they enjoy liability immunity under Queensland’s Civil…
- Car accident
RACQ mines childhood social media posts to block $$ to Mackay 4WD accident victim
RACQ admitted fault on the part of its insured driver for a Mackay intersection accident in January 2008 but fiercely contested the amount of compensation that was fair to be paid under the CTP insurance policy to the injured…
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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