Work Injuries - Articles
Series of Lifting injuries at Work Results in Workers Compensation Lump Sum Payout
Our client worked as a picker/packer for a large supermarket chain. His job involved him constantly bending and lifting boxes weighing from 10-20 kgs. His wife and four children are all dependent on him. During the cours...
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Lifting Box From Overhead Shelf Leads to Life of Pain and Misery for Shop Assistant
Our client has spent a lifetime working as a shop assistant for a leading supermarket chain. Her job involves a mixture of physical work by way of assisting customers and managerial work supervising others. On one occas...
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Shop Assistant Suffers Serious Hand injury - Successful Lump Sum Compensation and Negligence Claim
Our client is a fighter and was determined to overcome her pain and keep working. Her arm has continued to deteriorate and she has been forced to look for lighter, less onerous employment.
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Trip Over Cartons on Floor Results in Sacking and Workers Compensation Payout
Our client is a single lady working for a large supermarket chain. She is a hardworking loyal employee who has worked for her company for many years. On this particular occasion, our client had volunteered to work over t...
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What are the Different Types of Compensation Available for Work-Related injuries?
Workers’ compensation schemes have been operating in Australia for over a century. While the systems have changed over the years, the goal has always been the same: a worker injured physically or psychologically, or suffering from a disease contracted or exacerbated at work should be compensated for that injury or disease.
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What is Contributory Negligence?
Legal disputes where two parties do not agree on the facts are commonly described as ‘he said she said’ cases, but where a case involves negligence the term ‘his fault / her fault’ may be a more appropriate description.
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Bullying and Harassment at Place of Work Leads to Negligence Claim and Substantial Damages Payout
Our client worked for a Government department here in NSW. She was a hard worker and committed to her job. Unfortunately, she suffered from a medical disability which did not prevent her from performing her duties.
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Severe Burns From Chemical Explosion Worker Secures Compensation Payout
Our client left school at an early age. His education was very poor and he has had great difficulty reading and writing. Fortunately, his family were able to assist him with employment. For many years, he worked as a dri...
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Fall Onto Concrete Through Penetration Destroys Young Dogman's Career
Our client was a young, physically fit dogman who loved working on building sites in and around cranes. He had successfully obtained a number of tickets which allowed him to work on mobile cranes and in a rigging crew wh...
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Lifting incident at Work Causes injury to Back and Large Work injury Damages Payout
Our client is a relatively young man who works in the construction industry. He is a very hard worker used to working on fly-in/fly-out projects, sometimes up to 16 hours a day for 7-10 days at a time. Early in his caree...
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Bricklayer Suffers Serious Shoulder injury When Boss ignores Plea to "Slow Down"
Our client was a bricklayer who had spent a lifetime laying bricks and blocks. On this particular day, he was assisting his boss in the dismantling of a scaffold that the bricklaying team had been working on. The boss wa...
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Maintenance Carpenter Suffers Permanent Back/Leg injuries Substantial Compensation Payment Secured
Our client lived and worked in country NSW. He had spent his entire working life working as a maintenance carpenter for various Government departments. Several years ago, he suffered a very serious injury to his back. On...
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