Nervous shock

• Nervous shock

  Passers-by not owed duty from suicide

  At around 2:50 pm on Thursday in May 2014, Amy Mallet attempted suicide by driving her car into a power pole at a suburban intersection in Heathmont, Melbourne.

  2 July 2025
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  Second-hand trauma a question of degree

  Can an at-fault driver be responsible for nervous shock sustained as a result of being told that a family member has been involved in a minor traffic accident?

  11 June 2025Supreme Court of Queensland
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  A white van but can’t say which one: Nominal Defendant pays $844k

  Can a motor accident injury claim against the owner of the vehicle suspected to be at fault for an accident also include a side claim against the nominal defendant in case of vehicle misidentification?

  26 October 2022
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  Jurisdiction error proved fatal for father’s aircraft crash nervous shock claim

  Update — 14 September 2022: Mr Page took his case to the High Court of Australia (case S60/2022). The High Court matter concluded by consent orders on 14 September 2022. The Court of Appeal decision is explained below.

  27 September 2021High Court of Australia

Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.