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The family of a worker who died in a car crash, after working long hours in the sun with only one break, has been awarded nearly $500,000 in compensation.

The widow of a worker who died in a car crash on his way to work has been awarded more than $500,000 in death benefits, but her claim would have failed if the crash had been a "journey" incident, the NSW WCC has found.

An employer has been ordered to compensate a worker who was seriously injured in an assault in a car park on his break.

• Two injured workers lose High Court bids; and
  
• "Fit notes" flagged for Queensland.

A worker with "creeping trauma" has been awarded nearly $1 million in damages, after a court found his employer repeatedly failed to counsel him after he witnessed "gruesome" events and admitted he was struggling with work.

In a rare case involving the heart attack provisions of the NSW workers' comp Act, the WCC has found an employee's work trip created a "significantly greater risk" of him dying, and awarded his widow $510,800.

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.

A contractor involved in the construction of the Sydney Opera House has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that there was no evidence it knew asbestos was used at the site. The Court also found that damages awarded to the family of a mesothelioma victim cannot be reduced by compensation already paid to the widow.

Systems of work that involve bending and twisting while lifting objects don't necessarily create a risk of injury that employers are required to eliminate, a superior court has found in rejecting a worker's damages appeal.

Injured workers in NSW cannot aggregate impairments arising from separate and distinct injuries to satisfy the definition of "seriously injured worker" and obtain "more sympathetic" benefits, a judge has found.