Fall at Restaurant Client Secures Compensation Payout

Our client attended a local restaurant with family members one evening.  Having had an extremely pleasant dinner, our client and her family were leaving the restaurant.  As our client walked along, her feet shot out from under her and she crashed to the floor in a “splits” position.  In extreme pain, an ambulance was called…

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Slip on grape at supermarket results in Public Liability settlement

Recently, we acted for a client who suffered a fall at a supermarket. Our client had gone to the supermarket to do the weekly shopping. As he was walking through the supermarket, he slipped on what turned out to be a grape, fell to the concrete floor striking his knee. Fortunately, there were three elderly…

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Struck by falling box, shopper wins compensation

Our client is married with two young children. One day she dropped her children at school and arranged to meet a girlfriend at the local shopping centre for some “retail therapy”. They entered a kitchen shop at the centre, hoping to purchase some saucepans. As our client was bent over with her girlfriend looking at…

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Fall on dangerous stairs public liability claim successful

Public Stair Accident Leads To Successful Claim – Taylor & Scott

Our client worked as a community support worker. Her job required her to visit various clients to assist them with their care. She would attend her clients’ homes. There she carried out various domestic cleaning services at the home like dusting, scrubbing showers and toilets, vacuuming and making the home neat and tidy. She also…

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School playground accident

School Boy Receives Damages For Playground Accident – Taylor & Scott

  Recently, Michelle Meigan, Senior Associate and expert in public liability claims, concluded a claim for a young man injured at high school. Michelle’s client attended his local high school here in NSW. On one day a week, his class were able to play sport. His chosen sport was basketball. The children were separated into…

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school boy falls into drain in the schoolyard

Young School Boy Falls into Drain in the Schoolyard, Negligence Claim Successful

Our client, through his parents, was a young boy in kindergarten attending a school here in NSW. The young person and some of his school mates were playing in the playground when they came across a drain in the grass. There was a cover over the drain. Our young boy stood on the drain cover….

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Million Dollar Payout to Tradie Injured by Faulty Dropsaw

Million Dollar Payout to Tradie Injured by Faulty Dropsaw

Our client purchased a circular dropsaw from a reputable hardware store. The saw was only a few months old. Whilst working on a job, he needed to operate the saw. Whilst operating the saw, the head of the saw together with the spinning blade fell onto his hand. As a result of the accident, our…

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Shopping Centre Fall

Senior Citizen’s Visit to Shopping Centre Ends in Broken Hip & Torn Shoulder

Our 90 year old client enjoyed outings with her son and daughter. A fiercely independent lady, she was able to maintain her own home and care for herself. An outing to the local shopping centre ended in “disaster” when our client and her daughter, who were walking arm in arm through the shopping centre, both…

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