29 July 3455 Views aircraft accident Remote airport tarmac fall spotlights airline disembarkation accident liabilities A serious accident during passenger disembarkation at a remote Australian airport, demonstrates the relative safety responsibilities of airlines, grou Continue reading
20 June 3833 Views Mining Injury Court awards miner $1.6 mil for ring finger vibration injury A central Queensland mine worker with multiple pre-existing medical conditions has been awarded substantial damages for a rare injury induced by prolo Continue reading
20 October 3891 Views Financial Advice Negligence Financial advice bar set high: court upholds $1.1 m naivety payout over injury damages mis-spend A financial planner has lost his appeal against an order that he pay compensation to a motor accident victim for failing to warn her against over-spen Continue reading
20 October 3883 Views Personal Injury FRESH FOODIES TO PAY OVERWORKED ORDER PICKER $780K FOR BACK INJURY A Cairns man has been awarded substantial damages after he sustained a debilitating lumbar disc protrusion at the Raintrees Woolies store in Cairns. Continue reading 20 October 3806 Views Personal Injury STATE SUNK ON APPEAL, LOSES $558K INJURY IMMUNITY BID In January 2012 Moyra Roane-Spray was being transferred from an ambulance at the Lamb Island ferry terminal en route to Redlands Hospital when the str Continue reading 15 January 4601 Views Personal Injury Model patient wins humiliation $$ after Dr’s unwelcome full body exam A Gold Coast medical specialist who made a proposition to a patient that she should become his mistress has been ordered to pay compensation for the r Continue reading 17 February 4143 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 4025 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 3159 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 4216 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 3455 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 3003 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 3152 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 3104 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 2803 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 3045 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 28 April 2923 Views Personal Injury One of two brothers asleep at the wheel: “You were the driver”, “No it was you”. Step brothers who set off on a road trip to get legal advice about the affairs of their father - deceased in a road accident 4 days earlier - were the Continue reading 29 April 3334 Views Personal Injury Tourist boat back injury foreseeable, just not where big wave caused tourist’s broken back A marine tourism operator has claimed civil liability immunity to avoid payment of $400k compensation for a serious spinal injury sustained by a passe Continue reading 21 May 4438 Views Law practice Doctor shopping? Insurer caught out as injury assessment strategy struck down Just how many medical examinations can an insurer require an injury claimant to endure? Consider the case of William Hinrichsen who suffer Continue reading 22 May 3187 Views Personal Injury Grape slip fall foreseeable but risk of school teacher injury in high traffic area “insignificant” In the world of fruit, grapes rank the highest in the stakes of injury causation to unsuspecting foot traffic. Such a case was yet aga Continue reading
20 October 3806 Views Personal Injury STATE SUNK ON APPEAL, LOSES $558K INJURY IMMUNITY BID In January 2012 Moyra Roane-Spray was being transferred from an ambulance at the Lamb Island ferry terminal en route to Redlands Hospital when the str Continue reading
15 January 4601 Views Personal Injury Model patient wins humiliation $$ after Dr’s unwelcome full body exam A Gold Coast medical specialist who made a proposition to a patient that she should become his mistress has been ordered to pay compensation for the r Continue reading
17 February 4143 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 4025 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 3159 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 4216 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 3455 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 3003 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 3152 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 3104 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 2803 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 3045 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
28 April 2923 Views Personal Injury One of two brothers asleep at the wheel: “You were the driver”, “No it was you”. Step brothers who set off on a road trip to get legal advice about the affairs of their father - deceased in a road accident 4 days earlier - were the Continue reading
29 April 3334 Views Personal Injury Tourist boat back injury foreseeable, just not where big wave caused tourist’s broken back A marine tourism operator has claimed civil liability immunity to avoid payment of $400k compensation for a serious spinal injury sustained by a passe Continue reading
21 May 4438 Views Law practice Doctor shopping? Insurer caught out as injury assessment strategy struck down Just how many medical examinations can an insurer require an injury claimant to endure? Consider the case of William Hinrichsen who suffer Continue reading
22 May 3187 Views Personal Injury Grape slip fall foreseeable but risk of school teacher injury in high traffic area “insignificant” In the world of fruit, grapes rank the highest in the stakes of injury causation to unsuspecting foot traffic. Such a case was yet aga Continue reading
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