10 March 14780 Views Personal Injury Council denies liability for bus driver bashed while guarding its cash A 42-year-old bus driver attacked by an unknown assailant with a piece of timber at 7 p.m. in June 2006 at a Balmoral bus stop when returning from a t Continue reading
14 April 6199 Views Personal Injury Resort death shock: when a separate WorkCover assessment is required Part of a Gold Coast security guard's psychiatric injury attributable to post-incident events will be un-compensable, following WorkCover’s successf Continue reading
17 April 5317 Views Personal Injury Limitation bar set high…and plaintiffs must carry defendants’ baggage with them The Court of Appeal reminded plaintiffs on Friday* that the bar to be cleared for an extension of time beyond a limitation period is high and that in Continue reading
18 April 5025 Views Personal Injury Miner extracts $860k from Rio Tinto: Lawn-mowing plays part in ankle injury damages The Supreme Court last week ordered* a Rio Tinto company to pay a 50-year-old dragline operator $864,686.58 damages as compensation for injuries susta Continue reading
15 April 17719 Views Personal Injury ‘Unjust’ law side-stepped: WorkCover sure to prevail on parliament to fix The court of appeal has given workers – and parliament - the benefit of the doubt in construing statutory provisions designed to restrict payouts f Continue reading
12 May 27466 Views Law practice State defeated on workers’ claims: just how unsafe are Southbank slabs? Workers have succeeded twice in two weeks against operators of Brisbane's state-owned Southbank complex, defeating arguments that their only rights la Continue reading
12 May 4877 Views Personal Injury Third-in-line lawyer fails to take step: adult sexual abuse claim struck out The plaintiff claimed her massage therapist had misrepresented his qualifications as to “counselling”, had inappropriately advised her on personal Continue reading
19 May 4574 Views Personal Injury Taxi abandons drunk passenger "on road to Jericho": QBE picks up bulk of $760k tab for widow A landmark judgment that traverses multiple aspects of the law of negligence this week delivered more than $760,000 to a Gold Coast social worker foll Continue reading
19 June 2337 Views Personal Injury Green light for plaintiff’s second crack: Double D’s can double these ($$) The line of authorities that demonstrates how plaintiffs might recover double damages against joint tortfeasors was bolstered on Thursday by a Supreme Continue reading
20 June 3843 Views Personal Injury Delinquent plaintiff punished: "off with his head!" A “draconian” guillotine order that has the effect of automatically dismissing a motor accident injury compensation claim - should the plaintiff f Continue reading
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