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Case notes on claims after car crashes: CTP insurance, who is at fault, and how courts assess the damages.
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Picture hiddenCar accidentCan a car “run out of control” even when not being driven?
A person injured as a result of a vehicle that has "run out of control" gets the benefit of the vehicle's CTP insurance coverage.
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Shattered life for apprentice
Blake Hart was 22 when his life changed on Melbourne’s Western Freeway in September 2017.
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Stoic chippie wins $602k for “minor” injury
A hot pursuit by police on a quiet evening in Bundaberg in March 2022 led to injuries to an innocent driver on his way home.
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Passers-by not owed duty from suicide
At around 2:50 pm on Thursday in May 2014, Amy Mallet attempted suicide by driving her car into a power pole at a suburban intersection in Heathmont, Melbourne.
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Picture hiddenCar accidentTwo separate accidents, one $635k win
When Daniel Murphy pulled over on the Gateway Motorway in 2017, he couldn’t have imagined the chain of events that would leave him physically injured, professionally derailed, and at the centre of personal injury compensation…
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Picture hiddenCar accidentCountry road smash tops $100k
A country road smash near Beerburrum spiralled into a five-year courtroom slugfest , with clashing medical experts, social media bombshells, and fierce arguments over whether a young woman’s pain was from the crash, or from her…
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Picture hiddenCar accidentNo grounds to suspect fraud: insurer must give up surveillance pics
An injury compensation claimant who lodged her motor accident claim in September 2022 had a surveillance team assigned to her just one month later.
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Car accident claimant holds back medical history; wins $285k
Just how much non-disclosure of an adverse prior medical history can a car accident claimant comfortably explain away?
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Intoxicated reveller damages bar: how criminal must conduct be?
An intoxicated reveller who threw herself onto the bonnet of a car has defeated a third-party insurers' arguments that such conduct barred her from compensation for injuries received when she was thrown off as the vehicle…
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Picture hiddenCar accidentAppeal court cans “she’ll be right” verdict; future economic loss upped x 3
A ruling that a seriously injured not-at-fault driver was capable of a return to work following a road accident trial has been rejected on appeal as having been unsupported even on the evidence of the most optimistic medical…
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Picture hiddenCar accidentLeft unconscious in the back of hot car: does CTP apply to heatstroke injuries?
CTP insurance responds to an injury compensation claim arising out of someone else’s negligence if the injury results from - among other things – the “driving” of the insured vehicle.
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Driver in head-on highway accident also responsible for collision 2km distant
At about 2pm on Sunday 17 August 2014, Lisa Collins was heading northwest in the direction of Canberra on the Kings Highway near Monga NSW.
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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