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Telstra on hook for $16 mil helicopter wire-strike injury
In April 2006 two Endeavour Energy employees were conducting an aerial inspection of power lines and poles near Wiseman’s Ferry north of Sydney in an helicopter supplied – with crew – by Coff’s...
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Candyman nanny left with sour taste over claim $$
Gold Coast’s “Candyman” – the millionaire host to bevies of busty beauties at his luxury waterfront party pad – has notched up a win over his former nanny for implying on national television he was an...
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Palm Island pair win violent arrest damages, police “shock & awe” raid unlawful
A further chapter in the extraordinary consequences flowing from the violent death of Cameron Doomadgee at the Palm Island police compound in November 2004 has closed after the state’s highest court...
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RACQ rebuffed on QCAT ruling re MVA victim’s financial capacity
The mother of a young man injured in a motor accident in February 2012 obtained rulings from the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal that he lacked capacity to give instructions about his...
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Court blasts limitation hold-out against faithful employee “who got on with...
The 60-year-old carpenter had done manual labour all his working life. The last nine years – until March 2015 – were with the Fraser Coast Regional Council. In April 2009, he fell off a ladder but his...
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PI lawyers do battle: witness box polish vs imperfection & apprehension
Did a Friday afternoon phone discussion between two injury lawyers before a Monday trial to canvass a potential settlement – with one already at home with his two young children – conclude a...
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What price staff safety? $15/night security escort too much for Domino’s to pay
A pizza delivery driver assaulted when locking up a Deception Bay restaurant has sued Domino’s Pizza for failing to provide adequate staff security. Wayne Adlington had worked for Domino’s “on and off”...
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Court rolls insurer on water-ski liability immunity & policy exclusion, $800k...
A freak accident resulting in a serious injury to an army private during a ski run on the Ross River in Townsville has been litigated in the ACT Supreme Court. Scott and Todd Smeaton had grown up with...
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Road authority in records cover-up until limitation expired, opposes extension
Queensland’s Transport Department withheld highway skid resistance and traffic crash records for a section of the Bruce Highway on which it failed to conduct resistance testing for the five years prior...
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Insurer defeated on jailbird’s injury claim strike-out due to own delay
A CTP insurer’s failure to “put its own house in order” in readying a case for trial has put paid to a bid to strike out for delay, an injury compensation claim by the victim of a vehicle assault that...
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Beat up in Point Piper
Two of Malcolm Turnbull’s neighbours in Wolseley Rd Point Piper have been caught out for an “unedifying brawl” which resulted in police prosecutions and civil proceedings for assault. Anthony Sahade...
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Flogged employee wins appeal against Woolies’ attrition
An Eritrean migrant injured in the course of order picking duties at the Fresh Foodies’ Larapinta distribution centre has defeated his employer’s security for costs application and set up an appeal as...
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Police botch harbour cruise taxi arrest, Gold Coast property developer gets...
The story begins with a “quite intoxicated” Thomas Hamilton returning with two others to one of the partygoer’s apartments in Sydney’s Rocks district in December 2009. All in high spirits, they had...
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Neighbour woes and rows – Judge rules “Live and let live”
A retired Bribie Island couple was so incensed by the noise and disturbance from their neighbour, for four years they kept a daily record of the next door goings-on to prepare for filing a lawsuit...
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Appeal court slams compo biker’s medical expert “ambush”
An alleged affiliate of notorious Brisbane motorcycle gang members must do battle for a second time to gain compensation from the driver whose careless U-turn in May 2011 on Wynnum Road in East...
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In planes and on boats, bad acts by states lay siege to benevolent federal laws
What law must be applied in the adjudication of a claim arising out of an overseas accident that is litigated in Australia? That question frequently arises in holiday and travel claims including in...
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One small step for man – employers reminded to keep up the training to staff
With no thought of the physical toll that the heavy work might have on his 45-yr-old frame, Jason Kelleher took up his role with Century Batteries at Labrador in January 2012. The job demanded he...
View ArticleDoctor shopping? Insurer caught out as injury assessment strategy struck down
Just how many medical examinations can an insurer require an injury claimant to endure? Consider the case of William Hinrichsen who suffered shoulder, neck and back injuries in a bulldozer mishap at...
View ArticleC.Q. court to review Brisbane bus accident compensation settlement, refuses...
A struck-down pedestrian has sued a national law firm for allegedly advising her to “under settle” her spinal injury compensation claim. Natalie Manasse was hit by a bus while walking along Sunshine...
View ArticleExpert’s about face allows out-of-time GP ambulance transfer lawsuit
An Ipswich GP who allowed a patient to make his own way to the P.A. Hospital emergency room rather than call an ambulance to conduct the transfer has been ordered by a court to defend the patient’s...
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