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warning signs
Case notes tagged “warning signs”.
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- Litigation & law practice
Overnight motel stop leads to kid’s pool tragedy
The family’s overnight stay at the Gympie Motel in February 1998 was unscheduled.
- Litigation & law practice
Wee hours tumble at roadhouse landmark
The BP Chinderah roadhouse is a welcome landmark for those driving South to the Tweed Coast as it signals they are approaching their destination and for those going further, it marks the start of the most picturesque part of the…
- Litigation & law practice
Fall from cliff top at night to beach below not of council’s doing
A long weekend beach getaway to celebrate the 40th birthdays of two of the merrymakers ended in tragedy at Stradbroke Island’s Point Lookout.
- Litigation & law practice
Council Negligence: Loose stones road death, ‘roadworks’ warning insufficient
The husband of a driver killed in an August 2004 country road single-vehicle accident has sued the local council for council negligence by failing to erect signage warning of the loose gravel associated with road works.
- Litigation & law practice
Fraser Island lake fall: state immunity claim fails, appeal judges rule for Irish tourist
Signs warning of some risk do not make all risks "obvious" for the purposes of Civil Liability Laws.
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