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Credibility of the worker was important in determining the extent of the injury
Richard Craig Adam v Skilled Group Limited and Anor [2013] QSC 7, 8 February 2013. While credibility issues on their own are not always compelling, the combination of them can cause considerable concern.
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Recent cases and developments for liability apportionment in labour hire claims
Webinar - Robert Tidbury and Claire Bruggemann, HopgoodGanim Lawyers
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Fatigue Management plans a must for shift workers
Kerle v BM Alliance Coal Operations and ors [2016] QSC 304, 16 December 2016. In this case, the employer (a labour hire company), the mine owner and the host employer were all found liable for the Plaintiff's injuries, including a brain injury, sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
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Banana labourer’s damage reduced for contributory negligence, pre-existing conditions and sporadic work history
Mr Longbottom was a labourer who was 35 years old at trial. He alleged he sustained right hip, right shoulder and secondary psychological injuries when the top of the banana tree (and the bunch of bananas) being harvested fell on the plaintiff.
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Employer found liable for ankle injury
The plaintiff suffered an injury to her right ankle and a psychological injury when she stepped on a Lego block and rolled her ankle whilst removing an A-Frame obstacle course from a storage shed on 29 August 2017.
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Principal contractor held to not be liable
The worker brought an action in negligence to recover damages from the defendants in respect of personal injuries he says he sustained whilst working as a concreter.
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Employer found liable for a lumbar spine injury
The plaintiff suffered an injury to her lumbar spine while lifting a load from a low pallet to a sheft on 28 April 2019.
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Manual task case study: Using an oxy cutting/welding torch on rotators - Monadelphous Engineering
Case study about how Monadelphous Engineering applied the PErforM program to reduce the manual-tasks risks of using an oxy cutting/welding torch on rotators.
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Employer found to have breached duty of care to concrete delivery driver
On 26 July 20218 the Plaintiff, a concrete delivery driver, suffered a left wrist and secondary psychiatric injury.