03 April 3754 Views Personal Injury Employer defeats $300k claim, not liable for employee’s "own carelessness" A 28-year-old first-year apprentice electrician who was “roughing in” power cables to a Palm Beach apartment building in June 2008 was following a Continue reading
27 May 15047 Views Personal Injury Court chides lawyers for disclosure avoidance, blocks laborer’s $2 mil payout The Supreme Court has chided a plaintiff's lawyers during a seven-day personal injury trial, for “deliberately not obtaining a signed statement” f Continue reading
28 May 13140 Views Personal Injury New cruise ship injury laws on horizon: "Grandeur" set ablaze As leisure cruising becomes a major segment of the Australian travel market with 53 cruise ships having a daily passenger capacity of 54,000 souls ply Continue reading
15 June 18700 Views Opinonian Cruise passenger bill of rights: just PR? The Cruise Lines International Association has announced the adoption by the industry of a passenger bill of rights that guarantees the "safety, comfo Continue reading
27 June 14944 Views Personal Injury State files appeal in Fraser Island tetraplegia claim A spinal injury compensation victory for an Irish tourist arising from an excursion to an inland Fraser Island lake in September 2007 is a subject of Continue reading
28 June 17391 Views Personal Injury Court choice forces lower damages payout for injured farm labourer Compensation damages to be paid by American nut conglomerate Hancock Agricultural have been reduced to fit the District Court jurisdictional limit a Continue reading
28 June 6085 Views Personal Injury Cycling not inherently dangerous: rider defeats council on Shorncliffe roadworks wreck The Brisbane City Council has failed in its Civil Liability Act bid to hold out a fitness rider from injury damages after he was thrown from his bike Continue reading
29 July 15973 Views Personal Injury Masseuse exposed by clumsy detective’s brazen DVD capture A claim for compensation that occupied the Brisbane District Court for five days has resulted in the claimant being judged as having “grossly exagge Continue reading
30 July 16385 Views Personal Injury “Mind the gap”: when are verbal hazard warnings sufficient? A spinal injury compensation claim by a Brisbane function organiser for a fall at a Valley hotspot has failed on appeal. Karen Dowling was Continue reading
31 July 5511 Views Personal Injury Army injury records shaft miner in $1.9mil damages ask An underground coal miner whose back “exploded in pain” when hauling equipment along a mine tunnel has been awarded a fraction of the damages dem Continue reading
29 August 17961 Views Personal Injury Workers fall short in psych injury claims; security guard gets $364k on temper tantrum appeal In the first of three psychiatric injury decisions delivered in August - which speak to all the key elements of duty, foreseeability, causation and da Continue reading
30 August 7802 Views Personal Injury Sexagenarian selfie wins limitation extension for legal precinct whack A self-represented wellness consultant – injured when passing by Santos House in Turbot St on her way to give evidence at the since decommissioned L Continue reading
30 August 14945 Views Personal Injury Council fails to defeat road worker’s $642k truck descent claim, tray manufacturer exonerated A council roadsign checker who sustained a disc injury in early 2006 as he slipped from a truck step while descending and fell to the road below, is t Continue reading
28 September 90727 Views Personal Injury Mixed messages on safety hands pig worker big win for knife slash A Sarina slaughterman who avoided the use of a protective steel mesh glove because it slowed his work rate, has secured substantial damages as a resu Continue reading
25 September 6464 Views Personal Injury Tough crowd: improv falls flat on appeal court audience The use of razor-sharp off-cuts as a workaround to protect electrical insulation during the construction of a Palm Beach condo development was a reaso Continue reading
26 September 11355 Views Personal Injury Skier towed onto sandbank, insurer argues boat sports unsafe The tragedy occurred at picturesque Chinderah, about 1 km south of the Barney’s Point Bridge as the Tweed bends gently northwards for its last long Continue reading
27 September 14613 Views Personal Injury Bali bombing journo’s PTSD: should superiors screen susceptible staff for stress? A photographer for The Age newspaper assigned to shoot an anniversary pictorial of Australian victims of the October 2012 Bali bombings, suffered post Continue reading
29 September 6238 Views Personal Injury Staff instruction crucial to nightclub assault defence: when is “do as I say” enough? Policies & procedures and examples set by superiors were central to a $1.4 million injury claim by a 28-year-old fabrication foreman injured in a Continue reading
22 October 20102 Views Personal Injury Worker bumped on $2 mil claim; fall at function not foodie’s fault The Supreme Court has refused labourer damages for back injuries resulting from a stairwell bump that sent him tumbling down as many as 20 steps durin Continue reading
22 October 5280 Views Personal Injury Seafood chef late to court, seeks time extension for starters A Court has ruled that a worker's severe reading and comprehension disabilities sufficiently explained his 4 year delay in seeking legal advice about Continue reading
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