Recently, the motor accident team here at Taylor & Scott led by Simon Meigan, Partner, Accredited Specialist and expert in motor accident claims, successfully completed a claim for a lady shopper. Our client was wheeling her shopping trolley through the carpark of a large suburban shopping centre when a vehicle struck her trolley which in…
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Our client had spent a long day at work as a plant operator. Having completed his shift, he was heading home to his family. A motor vehicle came from a side street on his left, failed to give way and “t-boned” our client on his motorbike. Luckily our client survived but was left with a…
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Recently, our pedestrian injury compensation legal team concluded a motor accident compensation claim for a very unlucky pedestrian. Our client was on her lunch break walking on the footpath when she was struck by the tailgate of a truck passing by. The driver of the truck had failed to secure the tailgate and as he…
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Our client was a crane driver who had been instructed to drive his mobile crane from one country town to another. He set off early one morning and upon reaching the top of a hill, suddenly found that the mobile crane had lost power. Heading down the hill, our client hung on for dear life,…
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Our client, Mr O, had worked in the glass manufacturing industry since arriving from Tonga many years ago. One day, his boss directed him and a fellow worker to lift approximately 90 sheets of glass each weighing up to 40kgs. This was an urgent job. No thought was given by the boss as to how…
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Our work injury damages team here at Taylor & Scott Compensation Lawyers, recently completed a work injury damages claim for a New Zealand formwork carpenter. Simon Meigan, Partner, Accredited Specialist and expert in work injury damages claims acted for our client. Having arrived from “across the ditch”, our client had secured work with a construction…
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Kimberley Becker, Associate at Taylor & Scott, reports. Recently I acted for a lady who fell down a flight of stairs at work. As a result of the fall, she suffered a severe injury to her ankle. Following two bouts of hospitalisation and surgery, she developed a regional pain syndrome which has resulted in a…
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Ray McClenahan, Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury at Taylor & Scott, recently concluded a claim for an injured government department worker. Mr D had worked for this department for most of his adult lifetime and had unfortunately suffered a number of injuries during his employment there. The insurance company had played “hard ball” cutting off…
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Recently, Kimberley Becker, Associate at Taylor & Scott, finalised a claim for a shop assistant. Our client had worked for a large supermarket chain for several years. Originally she worked the night shift, finishing work around midnight. Fortunately her husband had been able to change his shifts at his employment to the nightshift so he…
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Michelle Meigan, an expert in TPD Insurance and TPD Claims, recently completed a TPD claim for a painter. Michelle’s client had suffered a serious injury to his neck when lifting a heavy ladder at work. As a result of the injury, her client needed surgery and was unable to return to his occupation as a…
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