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The widow of an injured worker is not eligible for the $80,000 lump sum that the man's employer agreed to pay him before he died, a judge has found.

Two workers' compensation advisors have been ordered to pay an injured worker nearly $500,000, after a court found they failed to file his "meritorious" damages claim against a negligent employer within the limitation period.

A worker has been denied compensation for the cost of wrist surgery, after a superior court found an arbitrator incorrectly identified the incident that caused the relevant injury.

In a long-running dispute, a superior court has found that a worker with occupational asthma has a 40 per cent degree of disability, and is entitled to sue his employer for damages.

• Lack of emergency procedures ends in death and fine; and
  
• Injured worker handed $4k bill for "unfathomable" claims.

A superior court's ruling on what constitutes an employer's "principal place of business", in workers' comp cases, has removed some uncertainty from state-of-connection tests for all employers, Sparke Helmore Lawyers partner Joel Sheldrick says.

In an important ruling on time limits for starting common law actions in Western Australia, a Federal Court full bench has found in favour of an applicant who began his case before receiving written notification from the Workers Compensation Commission as required under the Act.

A worker who was diagnosed with PTSD after she was touched inappropriately and abused by intoxicated patrons has been awarded workers' compensation, despite an arbitrator finding some of her medical claims weren't true.

An apprentice who has a 70 per cent whole person impairment as a result of being engulfed in flames at a work birthday party, where a large amount of free alcohol was supplied, has successfully sued his employer.

A worker who claims she was bullied at work on a daily basis has been denied damages, after a judge found the alleged abuse would have been "so consistently unpleasant" that it was "inconceivable" witnesses wouldn't have intervened.