Browsing: Workers' compensation court and tribunal decisions | Page 7

A worker suffered psychological injuries from bored colleagues targeting her to "pass the time", according to a judgment that also condemns a major employer for traumatising the vulnerable worker in a liability "witch hunt".

A worker involved in a car crash on his way home from work had intended to "pop past" another worksite to collect tools, showing he was in the course of his employment when he was injured, a commission has found.

In an important workers' compensation test case, a tribunal has stressed that firefighters can be exposed to carcinogens in multiple circumstances, and found a former firefighter with prostate cancer is protected by presumptive provisions.

An injured worker's bid for permanent impairment compensation has been "unravelled" by a Facebook photo of him playing hockey, in a decision examining the responsibilities of claimants to disclose their activities.

A worker injured by his unergonomic home setup and sedentary tasks during the COVID-19 pandemic has successfully argued his employer should supply him with a $12,000 mattress, but failed to remove the time limits on his compensable medical treatments.

A court has thrown out a worker's claim that an employer negligently exposed her to workplace bullying, finding some of the alleged acts of bullying involved efforts to maintain safety standards and enforce lawful directions.

An employer that failed to carry out a "diligent investigation" into serious allegations against a worker has been found liable for his psychological injury.

A worker has been awarded permanent impairment compensation for his psychological injury, after a tribunal accepted he was unlikely to benefit from further rehabilitative treatment due to his personality and mindset.

A worker who fell from a ladder at home and broke her wrist has proved the injury was causally connected to her work-related knee injury, with a commission ordering her former employer to pay for all her reasonably necessary medical treatments.

An injured worker has failed, in a superior court, to overturn a medical panel decision that she has a whole person impairment of zero per cent. She contended it couldn't be zero because her scans showed "some sort of pathology".