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vicarious liability
Case notes tagged “vicarious liability”.
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- Litigation & law practice
Conflict is normal, screaming at overworked staff is not. Assistant wins $436k compo
A nursing home administration assistant has won a long-running compensation battle against the TriCare organisation for persistent “harassment” - that regularly reduced her to tremors and tears - dished out by her supervisor.
- Litigation & law practice
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 brawl that boiled over onto the footpath outside a Broadbeach nightclub.
- Litigation & law practice
Prisoner wins ‘battery’ damages for over-the-top DNA sampling
A self-represented Lotus Glen prisoner has won a ten year battle against the state, with compensation for assault for overly aggressive conduct by corrective service officers in forcing hair extraction, as part of a legislated…
- Litigation & law practice
Likely lad creates hostel havoc: Civil Liability Act no bar to "battery" suit
An aggressive 24 yr old British tourist injured during an arrest in the Roma St backpacker precinct has recorded a compensation win against the employer of an over zealous security guard but was penalised in damages for his "poor…
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