29 September 6501 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 20376 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 5519 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
23 October 5260 Views Personal Injury Workbench injury a private affair – Court The presence of metal cupboard handles beneath a collating desk created an obvious risk of a knee injury which his employer ought to have removed, acc Continue reading
16 November 9763 Views Personal Injury Solicitor advice dooms wrist injury limitation extension? Wendy Grey sought legal advice in July 2011 for a possible common-law damages claim for cumulative workplace injuries that began as early as 2006 when Continue reading
17 November 16459 Views Personal Injury Expense & inconvenience too great for multinational corps to bear, safety measure ‘not warranted’ Lujpco Karanfilov was deployed alone at GE Money on Logan Rd, Stones Corner when he confronted two thugs menacing workers departing the premises at th Continue reading
22 November 93748 Views Personal Injury Injured racer argues liability waiver too broad, CLA not applicable A motorcycle racing company has implored the Supreme Court to rigorously apply a federal "recreational services" antidote to protect its contractual l Continue reading
08 January 72298 Views Personal Injury Suncorp pleads ‘clunker defence’: you knew it was a rust bucket, suck up your brain injuries A German backpacker who stayed close to his broken-down van after it rolled to a stop at night, in the middle of the busy Bruce Highway, should himsel Continue reading
09 January 9482 Views Personal Injury Mover injured walking desk through study, claim Fritzzed A Brisbane interior design company has been sued in Queensland’s District Court in connection with the unloading of its furniture consignment by a r Continue reading
09 January 13338 Views Personal Injury Repo man bricked by angry customer, sues CTP insurer A repossession agent has sued a CTP insurer for injuries sustained during the recovery of a rental fridge as hostility escalated from verbal abuse to Continue reading
26 February 15696 Views Personal Injury Video footage beats up on hoist injury shoulder claim Video surveillance of a machine operator who continued to wear a sling after being told by his treating doctors to discard it has produced mixed outco Continue reading
26 February 6624 Views Personal Injury Insurer on attack over $700k/yr mine manager’s income loss claim Suncorp has successfully denied a seriously injured BHP mine manager - who Continue reading
27 February 15129 Views Personal Injury Claimant “coy” on intersection manoeuvre, RACQ wins on countback A driver whose car was T-boned at a Rochedale intersection gave “less than satisfactory evidence” and was “less than forthcoming about her traff Continue reading
27 February 15960 Views Personal Injury Workcover bruised on 1, 2, 3 self-defence training technique, psych nurse collects A nurse undergoing aggressive behaviour training to assist in the management of violent patients has alleged her course leader should have taught hi Continue reading
25 February 6802 Views Personal Injury Fraser Island lake fall: state immunity claim fails, appeal judges rule for Irish tourist Queensland's Court of Appeal has today dismissed a government appeal against an April 2013 ruling that holds it mostly at fault for the injuries susta Continue reading
20 March 6761 Views Personal Injury Play within a play: courtroom this actor’s stage A former IT consultant turned real estate agent and would-be actor, delivered a less than convincing performance in a dramatic 3 day injury compensat Continue reading
21 March 6222 Views Personal Injury Kitchen worker handed $530k, medical specialist "disavows" earlier report Angela Simmons’ worked as a kitchen hand at the Westside Tavern in Maryborough. In April 2010, she was cleaning a large metal drip tray from the gr Continue reading
16 April 5603 Views Personal Injury Unconventional relationship equally a ‘marriage’ for dependency rules Queensland's highest court has been asked to decide the essential elements of a de facto partnership and whether the male partner of a woman who died Continue reading
15 April 8424 Views Personal Injury N.T. cattleman sues Robinson over crash, claims helicopter "defective" A cattle station overseer has sued Robinson Helicopters of California in Brisbane’s Supreme Court over an alleged maintenance system defect in its R Continue reading
14 April 7600 Views Personal Injury Vulnerability no bar to bullied shoppie’s $1.2 mil damages ask Bullying by an inexperienced supervisor of an assistant manager, over just 11 days at “Sussan” in Cairns, has resulted in a psychiatric injury so Continue reading
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