17 February 3637 Views Personal Injury Burnt bodies & suicides – officer conceals PTSD, refuses counselling: awarded $1.4 mil An appeal court has cleared a major injury compensation payment to a crack-hardy police constable whose superiors neglected to monitor her known PTSD Continue reading
18 February 3594 Views Personal Injury Adrenaline "would have revived her"; $3 mil QAS asthma attack lawsuit fails Jenny Masson was already wheezing when she came through the front door of her friend’s Brinsmead home. She turned back round to get the Ventolin spr Continue reading
22 February 2752 Views Personal Injury Mining giant trounced on heavy rock compo hold out to "stoic" new recruit An “improbable” injury to a dump truck operator, on the job at a Thiess’ open-cut coal mine near Mackay for just two months, has yielded a $720k Continue reading
24 February 3691 Views Personal Injury Water spill slip – just 90 seconds after cleaning inspection – wins $477k judgement What are the hazards on shopping mall floors that cleaners are expected to regularly detect and remove to keep customers safe? And how oft Continue reading
17 March 3091 Views Personal Injury Shower glue-job results in $223k soap dish injury to part time tenant Ben Fisher purchased his Port Hedland three-bedder in 2010. Six months or so later he noticed that the soap holder on the wall of the shower recess - Continue reading
18 March 2606 Views Personal Injury DIY psych treatment program ruled OK for ambulance officers’ trauma This first responder psychological injury claim arising from exposure to traumatic workplace events is instructive as to their inherent difficulties.< Continue reading
26 March 2692 Views Personal Injury In planes and on boats, bad acts by states lay siege to benevolent federal laws What law must be applied in the adjudication of a claim arising out of an overseas accident that is litigated in Australia? That question frequently Continue reading
27 March 2731 Views Personal Injury One small step for man – employers reminded to keep up the training to staff With no thought of the physical toll that the heavy work might have on his 45-yr-old frame, Jason Kelleher took up his role with Century Batteries at Continue reading
26 April 2462 Views Personal Injury 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 tr Continue reading
27 April 2681 Views Personal Injury Psychiatrist’s suspicions hosed out on miner’s $1 mil depressive illness claim Global resources company Glencore has been ordered to pay $1 mil in compensation to an underground miner for an injury complicated by depression that Continue reading
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