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The widow of a worker who had a heart attack and crashed his car has been awarded $489,750, in the latest of the few cases involving the heart attack provisions of NSW's workers' comp laws.

The High Court has rejected an injured worker's appeal against a decision quashing his $1.5 million damages award, while an appeal court has rejected another man's claim that he sustained a work-related injury three days after receiving a termination payment.

A worker who tripped on workplace stairs, after being suspended and interviewed over a safety breach, has been awarded workers' compensation more than five years after he was sacked.

A worker isn't entitled to a lump sum workers' compensation payment for a psychiatric injury because she previously received damages under anti-discrimination laws, a commission has found.

A worker seeking lump sum compensation has successfully argued that her sleep apnoea arose from a work-related back injury.

An employer has failed to overturn an order to pay nearly $1 million in damages to a worker it directed to unload heavy materials on an uneven surface instead of at a loading dock.

An employer has failed in its appeal against a decision to award compensation to a worker who was injured in a car accident immediately after submitting a resignation letter.

A worker who possibly fainted before falling and sustaining a brain injury has been awarded compensation, after a commission found it wasn't necessary to determine why he fell because his injury was caused by circumstances "peculiar" to his job.

In a decision that sends a warning to all duty holders, a major company has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 in damages to a worker who tripped on office cables.

A worker who injured his knee falling off a ladder has been denied $720,000 in damages, after a court found he failed to prove that excessive workplace dust caused him to slip or that the site's head contractor had acted negligently.