Sport and recreation
Sport injury
Case notes on injuries in organised and social sport.
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Picture hiddenSport injuryLow risk becomes a major risk when magnified by repetition
The Supreme Court of Victoria found Whittlesea City Council liable after a 23-year-old cricketer was seriously injured while vaulting a boundary fence between an oval and cricket nets.
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Picture hiddenSport injuryLong jump sand pit hazard proved on appeal
What began as a fun and exciting primary school athletics trial culminated in a serious injury to one of the participants that lead to a Supreme Court compensation battle over more than 5 years.
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Picture hiddenSport injuryTrampoline manufacturer escapes defective product payout
The protagonist in this account jumped on to a trampoline - which he later contended to be a defective product - at his sister’s residence in Brisbane on on Christmas Day 2017.
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Picture hiddenSport injuryPleading mishap slashes athlete’s due care and skill damages
A failure to plead out the material facts giving rise to an ACL due care and skill guarantee in relation to the supply of services has cost a triathlete the chance of recovery of substantial additional damages for injuries…
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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