Compensation - Articles
Have You or Your Child Been injured at a Trampoline Park?
Indoor trampoline parks are a fun recreational activity for all ages and fast becoming a popular choice for kids’ birthday parties, school excursions and weekend activities. These parks are usually made up of a series of...
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Returning to Work After An injury
One of the main goals of the workers compensation system is to return injured workers to the workplace in a safe and durable manner.
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Rigger Crushed by Panel Receives Large Damages Payout
Recently Simon Meigan, Partner and Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Claims, successfully completed a negligence case in the District Court.
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Industrial Deafness
Industrial deafness is a progressive condition that generally affects hearing at high frequencies. It happens over a period of time as a result of prolonged exposure to a noisy working environment.
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Medical Appointments and The Role of The Employer Representative
Injured workers are required to have a nominated treating doctor. This is the doctor (a General Practitioner, not a Specialist) who will be responsible for supplying the injured worker with the Certificate of Capacity an...
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Psychological injuries - Workers Compensation Claims
Psychological injuries can be the hardest of injuries to prove. Often they involve a number of events over a period of time and evidence is limited as it is often one person’s word against another. Even when there are wi...
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Fall at Work Destroys Rigger Dogman's Employment - Large Damages Payout Secured
Our client is in his late 40s. He has always worked doing hands-on hard physical yakka. Working an average of 60 hours per week, he was earning big money as a rigger dogman in the construction industry.
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Reporting of injuries When injured at Work
If you are injured at work, you should report your injury to your employer as soon as possible. When reporting your injury, it is important that the date of injury, nature of the injury and how the injury occurred are co...
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Worn Out Brickie Succeeds in Workers Compensation Lump Sum Claim
Our client has spent his lifetime laying bricks. He was a “gun” bricklayer laying several hundred bricks a day.
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Injured Labourer Wins Hernia Claim After Being Denied by Workers Compensation insurer
Our client was a construction labourer working in the building industry in Sydney. His job entailed repetitive lifting and carrying of building frames, trusses, beams, together with cleaning up duties which involved the ...
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Motorbike Rider Seriously injured in Accident - Substantial Damages Awarded
Our client worked in the security industry. On this day, he was riding his motorbike to work when a car travelling in the opposite direction turned across his path seriously injuring our client. In the accident, he was k...
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Making a Medical Negligence Claim
Risks are an inherent part of surgery. The decision to go ahead with a surgical procedure will involve weighing up possible dangers with known benefits and achievable outcomes. A patient, in consultation with their docto...
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