21 June

Chancer’s claim falls flat: WorkCover defeats thoroughly dodgy pretender

The spectacular collapse last month of a "deceitful" plaintiff's injury compensation claim was for once a magnificent vindication of the (usually unsu

24 July

4650 Views

Personal Injury

Insurer intoxicated after pedestrian hit on appeal: take a further 20% off

Allianz failed to overturn a $160,000 running down verdict on the grounds the trial judge had engaged in unsupported speculation by relying on her “

24 July

6383 Views

Personal Injury

Jack-knifing trailer kills on single lane bridge: Suncorp keeps most $ but loses on costs

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that a "stoic" plaintiff awarded $200,000 for the death of her 66-year-old workaholic husband should also recover

24 July

12564 Views

Personal Injury

Privilege prevails over staff expert records: defendants to gain forensic advantage

Breast Screen Queensland was last week protected by a Supreme Court ruling from disclosing internal communications pertaining to the negligent diagnos

21 August

4056 Views

Personal Injury

Rocklea motorcycle appeal: Suncorp goes down; court slots Q.C.’s domestic ignorance; gives O.T. glowing reception

In a joint judgment, three appeal judges last week admonished QC Syd Williams for a "lack of understanding about domestic tasks" over trivialising gra

21 August

3857 Views

Personal Injury

Compensation claim outside 3 years: Plaintiffs escape time bar on "Battery"; do PIPA & CLA apply?

Three patrons who allege they were assaulted by police officer Adam Reedy at the Hotel Cunnamulla in May 2005 commenced proceedings for "general, aggr

23 August

2827 Views

Personal Injury

Unpaid helper wins $250k for tree-lopping fall: damages to cushion labour market risk

A volunteer tree-trimmer has held a $250,000 damages verdict after the homeowner he offered to help failed to convince an appellate court that no

18 September

2698 Views

Law practice

“Fobbed off” swim student overcomes solicitor’s neglect to scrape home on leave to proceed win

Despite no satisfactory explanation for a 3 year delay, a 26 yr old plaintiff was this month allowed to proceed with a negligent "schoolyard supervisi

20 September

2821 Views

Personal Injury

Mill worker’s case crushed: Rejected statutory claim shuts gate on NOCD back injury damages

The crushing this month of a Mackay sugar mill worker’s common law damages claim for an over-period-of-time back injury illustrates well the potenti

19 September

3425 Views

Law practice

Paint tinter’s limitation loss shines light on rights information censorship

The recent Supreme Court failure of a worker's limitation extension application has highlighted once again how the statutory censorship regime that ap

15 October

2671 Views

Personal Injury

Claimants hold $350k on appeal: paper lift training needed, how to keep safe from assault

Appeal court battles - intimidating even the most experienced lawyer – can gain a sense of the surreal for plaintiffs who win a contested trial, onl

18 October

3761 Views

Personal Injury

Court excuses car owner from $200k liability because parent there to make joyride call

After Christmas day lunch in 2005, 17-year-old learner driver Debbie-Jo Simpson got permission to take a farm vehicle for a drive with her brother Sam

19 October

2914 Views

Personal Injury

Allianz a slave to doomed appeal strategy: accident injuries confirmed genuine

Bitter as they were over the trouncing of their case that mill worker Robert Girone had fabricated his motor accident injury symptoms, Allianz took th

25 November

3786 Views

Personal Injury

Road rage traffic dodger collected on Logan Rd: driver targets home insurer for $660k foot chase death

On 27 August 2004, Karla Kalimnios was driving home along Logan Road Upper Mount Gravatt in peak hour evening traffic when knife-wielding Jason Ewen �

25 November

2788 Views

Personal Injury

Ambitious sign cutter wins husband but court sees red over injury income pretence

Insurer suspicions about the veracity of Gympie girl Tenille Rossi's account of the extent to which she was impaired by her September 2003 motor accid

25 November

3221 Views

Personal Injury

Pac-Fair slurpee fall: plaintiff proves cleaning rotation missed, concealing prior injury excused

Eve Lowe’s tumble on the floor surface remains of a red Slushee outside the Australia Post store at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre – while calamitou

08 December

2888 Views

Opinonian

Bay of Pigs: Moti scandal disguises Australia shame

Yesterday’s decision to trash the prosecution of a former Solomon Islands attorney general – though the end of a brutal four year battle for Julia

20 January

2809 Views

Personal Injury

Suncorp steers by sirens’ song: Classy clipper cuts $500k cheque

Claimants’ medical records can so preoccupy an insurer that they become powerless to resist: like mythica

24 January

3167 Views

Personal Injury

Sixteen schooner a day miner survives tax and drug slurs: escapes with $380k and pride

In a Supreme Court verdict published last week, a Cardwell mine worker's exaggerated recovery from youthful sporting injuries slashed the compensation

25 January

2872 Views

Personal Injury

Worker absolved of sins of delay, lives to fight another day

A seriously injured truck driver "of limited education" has won the right to pursue motor accident compensation damages after a last gasp limitation e

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Chancer’s claim falls flat: WorkCover defeats thoroughly dodgy pretender

Insurer intoxicated after pedestrian hit on appeal: take a further 20% off

Jack-knifing trailer kills on single lane bridge: Suncorp keeps most $ but loses on costs

Privilege prevails over staff expert records: defendants to gain forensic advantage

Rocklea motorcycle appeal: Suncorp goes down; court slots Q.C.’s domestic ignorance; gives O.T. glowing reception

Compensation claim outside 3 years: Plaintiffs escape time bar on "Battery"; do PIPA & CLA apply?

Unpaid helper wins $250k for tree-lopping fall: damages to cushion labour market risk

“Fobbed off” swim student overcomes solicitor’s neglect to scrape home on leave to proceed win

Mill worker’s case crushed: Rejected statutory claim shuts gate on NOCD back injury damages

Paint tinter’s limitation loss shines light on rights information censorship

Claimants hold $350k on appeal: paper lift training needed, how to keep safe from assault

Court excuses car owner from $200k liability because parent there to make joyride call

Allianz a slave to doomed appeal strategy: accident injuries confirmed genuine

Road rage traffic dodger collected on Logan Rd: driver targets home insurer for $660k foot chase death

Ambitious sign cutter wins husband but court sees red over injury income pretence

Pac-Fair slurpee fall: plaintiff proves cleaning rotation missed, concealing prior injury excused

Bay of Pigs: Moti scandal disguises Australia shame

Suncorp steers by sirens’ song: Classy clipper cuts $500k cheque

Sixteen schooner a day miner survives tax and drug slurs: escapes with $380k and pride

Worker absolved of sins of delay, lives to fight another day

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