20 September 5338 Views Personal Injury Council worker crushed on $630k crack at never-before-seen machinery failure The tipper was one of many belonging to the Gold Coast City Council vast fleet fitted with a hydraulic tray and a cab-controlled tailgate that swung o Continue reading
22 September 5179 Views Personal Injury Boat thrill rider sprayed on disc thump The Paradise Point outing in April 2010 was intended to give all staff who rolled up the thrill of an authentic jet boat ride on the Southport Broadwa Continue reading
24 September 4452 Views Personal Injury ‘One day wrongfully in jail is one day too many’: $2.3 mil for 6 years locked away Detective Thomas’ intense animosity towards Rosanne Beckett dated from 1983 when her Taree delicatessen erupted in flames. Beckett sue Continue reading
12 October 6863 Views Personal Injury Palm Island pair win violent arrest damages, police ‘shock & awe’ raid unlawful A further chapter in the extraordinary consequences flowing from the violent death of Cameron Doomadgee at the Palm Island police compound in November Continue reading
14 October 4065 Views Personal Injury Cleaner assaulted in early am car park hook up; Big Mac at fault? A cleaner who claimed to have been attacked “by eight 20-yr-olds” in the car park of a 24 hour McDonald’s in the early hours of the morning in J Continue reading
15 October 5891 Views Personal Injury Solicitor sues his lawyer, jet ski injury compensation damages not enough A South Australian solicitor injured in a jet ski accident Continue reading 16 October 6471 Views Personal Injury Staff breasts ogled by State Library supervisor, covert pics: ‘unconnected to employment’ A supervisor at the State Library used employer-issued equipment to take thousands of covert photographs of the breasts of female staff before his de Continue reading 17 October 4952 Views Personal Injury “Nothing accident” aggravates pre-existing condition on sideways sitting forklift? A 36-year-old cold store employee with extensive experience in the operation of Reach forklifts – where the driver sits sideways to improve control Continue reading 19 November 6913 Views Personal Injury No mat on wet steps, dinner guest wins $782k for fall A dinner guest who fractured her right ankle in a fall on a damp landing after kissing her hosts' goodnight has convinced an appeal court they should Continue reading 20 November 5324 Views Personal Injury Claimant overdoes hand tremor, experts recant on surveillance footage Melanie Digby had worked at the Palmwoods campus for about 12 months when in June 2008 senior Constable Mark Reedman arrived for a “stranger danger Continue reading 24 November 6467 Views Personal Injury Fee-split contractor a worker for injury compensation Professionals on “fee splitting” arrangements that specify them to be independent contractors rather than employees, are nevertheless likely to be Continue reading 25 November 5546 Views Personal Injury Bus driver sued for $175k after commuter struck on Adelaide St A pedestrian who ran the gauntlet amid stop-start traffic on Brisbane's Adelaide Street has sued the driver of the BCC bus that struck her just short Continue reading 10 January 4173 Views Personal Injury RACQ rebuffed on QCAT ruling re MVA victim’s financial capacity The mother of a young man injured in a motor accident in February 2012 obtained rulings from the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal that he Continue reading 11 January 5321 Views Personal Injury Court blasts limitation hold-out against faithful employee “who got on with life” The 60-year-old carpenter had done manual labour all his working life. The last nine years - until March 2015 - were with the Fraser Coast Regional Co Continue reading 13 January 5409 Views Personal Injury Truck co agitates against driver’s neck $$:’story changed by new allegations’ A cement-truck driver who sustained serious spinal injuries when his head struck the roof of the cab as it traversed a rocky portion of a decline at a Continue reading 14 February 4739 Views Law practice PI lawyers do battle: witness box polish vs imperfection & apprehension Did a Friday afternoon phone discussion between two injury lawyers before a Monday trial to canvass a potential settlement - with one already at h Continue reading 15 February 4075 Views Personal Injury Court blasts mining camp’s compo hold out for in-bed worker assault An employer who fought all the way to prevent an appliance repairer getting Workers’ Compensation for injuries received from a mining camp assault h Continue reading 18 February 3711 Views Personal Injury MVA Golf Pro refused leave to add $4mil to claim A real estate agent litigating his own claim against Suncorp has told the Queensland Supreme Court that he was “a bit confused” when he updated hi Continue reading 19 February 4161 Views Personal Injury Based at home staff: a home is still a home Jane Farnham used her own car to get from her home to the many locations she was required to visit in her role as “community visitor” for Queensla Continue reading 22 March 5673 Views Personal Injury Psych injury halts MVA return to work, cannabis no bar to $450k damages A CTP insurer has been ordered to pay substantial injury damages to a pot smoker whose de-motivational habit led to him quit a promising public servic Continue reading
16 October 6471 Views Personal Injury Staff breasts ogled by State Library supervisor, covert pics: ‘unconnected to employment’ A supervisor at the State Library used employer-issued equipment to take thousands of covert photographs of the breasts of female staff before his de Continue reading
17 October 4952 Views Personal Injury “Nothing accident” aggravates pre-existing condition on sideways sitting forklift? A 36-year-old cold store employee with extensive experience in the operation of Reach forklifts – where the driver sits sideways to improve control Continue reading
19 November 6913 Views Personal Injury No mat on wet steps, dinner guest wins $782k for fall A dinner guest who fractured her right ankle in a fall on a damp landing after kissing her hosts' goodnight has convinced an appeal court they should Continue reading
20 November 5324 Views Personal Injury Claimant overdoes hand tremor, experts recant on surveillance footage Melanie Digby had worked at the Palmwoods campus for about 12 months when in June 2008 senior Constable Mark Reedman arrived for a “stranger danger Continue reading
24 November 6467 Views Personal Injury Fee-split contractor a worker for injury compensation Professionals on “fee splitting” arrangements that specify them to be independent contractors rather than employees, are nevertheless likely to be Continue reading
25 November 5546 Views Personal Injury Bus driver sued for $175k after commuter struck on Adelaide St A pedestrian who ran the gauntlet amid stop-start traffic on Brisbane's Adelaide Street has sued the driver of the BCC bus that struck her just short Continue reading
10 January 4173 Views Personal Injury RACQ rebuffed on QCAT ruling re MVA victim’s financial capacity The mother of a young man injured in a motor accident in February 2012 obtained rulings from the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal that he Continue reading
11 January 5321 Views Personal Injury Court blasts limitation hold-out against faithful employee “who got on with life” The 60-year-old carpenter had done manual labour all his working life. The last nine years - until March 2015 - were with the Fraser Coast Regional Co Continue reading
13 January 5409 Views Personal Injury Truck co agitates against driver’s neck $$:’story changed by new allegations’ A cement-truck driver who sustained serious spinal injuries when his head struck the roof of the cab as it traversed a rocky portion of a decline at a Continue reading
14 February 4739 Views Law practice PI lawyers do battle: witness box polish vs imperfection & apprehension Did a Friday afternoon phone discussion between two injury lawyers before a Monday trial to canvass a potential settlement - with one already at h Continue reading
15 February 4075 Views Personal Injury Court blasts mining camp’s compo hold out for in-bed worker assault An employer who fought all the way to prevent an appliance repairer getting Workers’ Compensation for injuries received from a mining camp assault h Continue reading
18 February 3711 Views Personal Injury MVA Golf Pro refused leave to add $4mil to claim A real estate agent litigating his own claim against Suncorp has told the Queensland Supreme Court that he was “a bit confused” when he updated hi Continue reading
19 February 4161 Views Personal Injury Based at home staff: a home is still a home Jane Farnham used her own car to get from her home to the many locations she was required to visit in her role as “community visitor” for Queensla Continue reading
22 March 5673 Views Personal Injury Psych injury halts MVA return to work, cannabis no bar to $450k damages A CTP insurer has been ordered to pay substantial injury damages to a pot smoker whose de-motivational habit led to him quit a promising public servic Continue reading
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