23 November 3800 Views Personal Injury Fall down dusty stairs yields $500,000 for accident prone yacht fitter Can occupiers escape liability for defective stairs if a plaintiff merely "loses their footing" ? How much loss of earning capacity applies to someo Continue reading
30 December 6665 Views Personal Injury Frosty medicals smash fortunate worker’s future salary loss funds A Supreme Court damages ruling* this month well illustrates how the clock can be stopped on loss of future earnings calculations when residual dis Continue reading
30 December 14611 Views Personal Injury Probable improbables: Driller takes on liability share in fall down unsafe Newcrest mine shaft A seriously injured mine-worker overcame "improbable" facts "that might have been so obscure that no conclusions could be drawn", to defeat the combin Continue reading
19 June 3110 Views Opinonian Rights gap elephant may breed “Recognition” pup Progress towards constitutional “recognition” of indigenous Australians continues, with a decision on what initiatives will be put to voters for a Continue reading
28 June 4542 Views Personal Injury Patron neglects vehicle ID window in fast food drive-thru bump Neville Murray was about to order from a McDonald’s drive thru menu board, when his Nissan Maxima was bumped from behind, with enough force against Continue reading
29 June 6206 Views Personal Injury Qantas airport worker wins $225k, occupational physician ‘partisan’ A baggage handler who fell when he was attempting to reef a container out of a Boeing 767 aircraft at Cairns airport and fell backwards onto the loadi Continue reading
27 June 5082 Views Personal Injury ‘Glow in the dark’ bowling lane action a slippery affair A worker who slipped on the lacquered surface of a bowling lane during a work arranged tenpin play-off, has sustained a $261k injury as a result of he Continue reading
26 June 2754 Views All ‘Glow in the dark’ bowling lane action a slippery affair A worker who slipped on the lacquered surface of a bowling lane during a work arranged tenpin play-off needed surgery as a result of her fall.Send Message