07 December 1946 Views car accident No 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. Continue reading
31 August 1336 Views car accident 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? Talitha Towell then aged 31 Continue reading
11 April 1929 Views car accident 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 co Continue reading
27 October 1937 Views Damages Appeal 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 h Continue reading
25 September 1901 Views car accident Left 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 – Continue reading
23 August 1952 Views car accident 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. She cam Continue reading
21 July 2801 Views car accident Fatigued driver wins $1.13 mil from employer for single vehicle accident How can a court decide on what - among several competing factors - was the cause of a single vehicle accident in the absence of any eye-witness accoun Continue reading
21 April 2219 Views car accident Low impact injury, nil physical symptoms: not-at-fault driver wins $201k Can a motor vehicle collision at very low impact speed cause a significant personal injury? Consider the case of Brett Murphy whose taxi was rear-e Continue reading
06 February 3158 Views car accident High Court rules insurers to pay all replacement vehicle hire charges, regardless of ‘need’ Up to now, insurers for a road accident vehicle-at-fault have resisted paying an innocent driver’s replacement vehicle hire charges unless the damag Continue reading
24 October 2117 Views car accident Economic loss claim trounced: “capable & intelligent” manager will earn just $1.2k/week A mother with an impressive employment history and a string of occupational qualifications has been ruled by the Supreme Court as likely only to have Continue reading
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