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Workers Compensation - Articles
What Is The Position With Legal Costs In Workers Compensation?
Many people avoid filing a workers compensation claim due to concerns over legal fees. At Taylor & Scott Lawyers, we remove this barrier by applying for funding through the Independent Review Office (IRO) before starting your claim.
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Get Compensation For Work injury Outside Workplace - Taylor & Scott
There are compensation claim responsibilities for both employer and employee in cases of outside workplace injuries. Employers are expected to provide a duty of care for all workers suffering from both work and non-work-...
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How are WorkCover Weekly Payments Calculated?
One of the first questions asked by an injured worker is “what will I be paid if I am unable to work to my full capacity?” The answer to this depends on the worker’s earnings prior to injury, their capacity to work follo...
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Worker Receives Settlement After Suffering a Severe Eye injury That Could Have Been Prevented
Our client was a formworker. He was working on the renovation of a building on the south coast. His job entailed working at heights using hammers to nail timbers, crowbars and circular saws. It is dangerous hard work but...
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Gyprock Fixer's Severe Back injury Leads to Failed Back Surgery and Damages Payout
Our client is a relatively young man working in the construction industry as a gyprock fixer. He was part of a gyprock fixing team working on a hospital renovation.
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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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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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Compo insurer Refuses to Pay For Surgery to injured Worker – Successful Workers Compensation Claim
Our client worked as a construction worker & his job required him to operate a ride on roller. On this day he was reversing his roller, smoothing out an area of ground in preparation for building work. As he reversed...
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Tower Crane Loses Control of Load - Worker Suffers Crush injuries & Wins Large Payout
Our client worked for a formwork company who were contracted to construct formwork on a building site. On this day as our client carried out his duties, a crane was slewing a load nearby. As the load was slewed the crane...
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Casual Nightfiller injures Back - Lump Sum Compensation Awarded
Our client was a casual nightfiller at a supermarket. Her job involved working through the night filling the shelves with grocery items. Prior to our client’s injury, the procedure adopted by the supermarket was to break...
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Injured Steelworker Obtains Substantial Settlement for Several injuries at Steelworks
Our client worked in the steelworks. He had always worked doing labouring type jobs and had managed to start training as a crane operator.
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Negligence Claim: What is Taylor & Scott's Offer in Respect of Legal Costs? (1)
LONG FIGHT TO SECURE WORKERS COMPENSATION ENTITLEMENTS
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