A Gold Coast medical specialist who made a proposition to a patient that she should become his mistress has been ordered to pay compensation for the resulting psychiatric injury and humiliation.
Read moreOctober 20, 2017 | 1387 ViewsSTATE SUNK ON APPEAL, LOSES $558K INJURY IMMUNITY BID
In January 2012 Moyra Roane-Spray was being transferred from an ambulance at the Lamb Island ferry terminal en route to Redlands Hospital when the stretcher she was carried on collapsed at one end.
Read moreOctober 20, 2017 | 1292 ViewsFRESH FOODIES TO PAY OVERWORKED ORDER PICKER $780K FOR BACK INJURY
A Cairns man has been awarded substantial damages after he sustained a debilitating lumbar disc protrusion at the Raintrees Woolies store in Cairns.
Read moreOctober 13, 2017 | 1438 ViewsCOURT ORDERS INSURER REASSESS TPD REJECTION
Edwin Gomez was employed by Queensland Health as a registered nurse until made redundant in 2013. In 2011 he was working in Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital
Read moreAugust 18, 2017 | 1209 ViewsGrade 4 girl gets damages from school for student bullying
An 8 year old girl whose identity has been suppressed, has settled her claim against a Los Angeles public elementary school for bullying.
Read moreJuly 31, 2017 | 2278 ViewsNo medical visit till two years later: Nurse awarded $481k
A hard working aged care nurse who failed to mention her work injury – on any of her many post-accident visits – until two years after the event, has been awarded nearly
Read moreJuly 30, 2017 | 997 ViewsCoal mine classifies personnel as sub-contractors to crush labour-hire injury
A central Queensland colliery has argued that underground miners employed by a third party in its mineshafts were – to avoid injury liability – specialist subcontractors rather than labour hire employees under
Read moreJuly 29, 2017 | 1038 ViewsInsurer demolition of specialists rejected; assessments ‘substantially’ AMA 5 compliant
A week after the July 2015 motor accident in Padstow Road, Eight Mile Plains, Jay Thuong saw his GP for treatment of the gradual onset of neck
Read moreJuly 28, 2017 | 726 ViewsAirlines’ overseas agreements ruled illegal for their effect on Australian competition
Air New Zealand and Garuda Indonesia have both been fined for their role in a price fixing cartel for air cargo shipments in Australia.
Read moreJune 30, 2017 | 1175 Views“Slight shudder” roundabout crash yields $540k for driver
A bus driver who “exaggerated” the force of a traffic accident and the extent of her injuries has been
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