An employer was negligent in failing to ensure a truck was loaded in an orderly and timely manner, but it doesn't have to pay an injured worker damages, the Western Australian District Court has ruled.
An employer has failed in its renewed bid to recover $53,000 in workers' comp payments, after the Western Australian Court of Appeal rejected its claim that a building owner was negligent in failing to touch up the yellow paint on a trip hazard.
A Western Australian employer failed to ensure the safety of a worker who was assaulted and developed PTSD, but it won't have to pay him damages, after the District Court found his permanent whole person impairment was two per cent lower than the damages threshold.
Employers have a duty to advise their workers of the risks of driving home after night shift, Western Australia's highest court has found, but it rejected a permanently injured shift worker's bid for $1 million in damages.
A worker's stress injury is compensable because it arose from an unreasonable "surprise attack" performance meeting, a judge has confirmed in rejecting an employer's appeal.
A labour-hire company has escaped a $710,000 damages bill, after the Western Australian District Court found it had no control over one of its employees who allegedly caused another worker's injuries.
A worker who developed PTSD after stopping to help a car crash victim, and staying with the man until he died from his injuries, has been denied workers' compensation, after a judge found her employer didn't engage or encourage her to assist accident victims.
Employers aren't required to conduct weekly physical inspections of non-slip strips on stairs, the Western Australian Court of Appeal has ruled in rejecting an injured worker's damages claim.
A Western Australian employer has lost its indemnity claim against a vehicle manufacturer and been ordered to pay an injured worker $800,000 in damages, after the District Court found a broken service door on a truck was its responsibility.
The yellow paint on a workplace trip hazard might have been chipped and faded, but it was yellow enough to be "obvious to a reasonable person", a Western Australian judge has found in rejecting a workers' comp indemnity claim.
