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Construction accident
Case notes on injuries on building sites, from falls and falling objects to plant and machinery.
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Picture hiddenConstruction accidentEmployer liable after steel beams crush a worker’s foot & ankle
The NSW Supreme Court awarded a former labourer $1,030,742.67 after an unstable steel beam crushed his foot at a construction site. The judgment examines the employer's duty, causation and lost earning capacity.
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Picture hiddenConstruction accidentOngoing work vulnerability aided by kindly employer yields $125k earnings buffer
The Queensland District Court awarded Alistair Lawson $173,658.70 after accepting that a fractured fibula continued to cause leg weakness, limping and a modest future disadvantage in the labour market.
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Picture hiddenConstruction accidentWorker’s lapse maims offsider; how can victim sue?
How can an injured worker recover injury compensation damages for an on-the-job accident when an employer has put in place a safe system of work only to have a co-worker fail to follow the system as a result of a momentary lapse.
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Picture hiddenConstruction accidentWill never work again: court awards $2.8 mil for freak accident
Does the occurrence of a freak accident imply that any resulting injury was unforeseeable? In March 2019 Kari Sivonen was helping clear a development site at Hancocks Creek Road, Wandandian on the NSW South Coast.
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Safety measures messages mixed: thumb injury costs firm $727k
The idiosyncrasies of the concrete industry have been laid bare in the case of a truck driver who sustained an on-the-job thumb injury when manipulating defective equipment in the course of delivering wet product to a…
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Chance & extent of future eco loss “low”: labourer wins $70k global award
An appeal court has overturned a ruling that a labourer “not very interested in obtaining employment” was responsible for his own injury and that there was no basis for any award for future economic loss.
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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