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The family of a worker who survived a serious car crash and then committed suicide five months later has been awarded more than $500,000, after a commission found the man's death was work-related.

Two companies have successfully appealed against an order to pay $2.2 million in damages to a worker who slipped on a "higher than normal" step, after a superior court found there was no evidence as to whether the step was slightly or significantly higher than normal.

An arbitrator has found a car accident that killed a worker didn't have a "real and substantial" connection to his employment, even though his employer had directed him to travel in the vehicle.

The High Court has found that a Fair Work Ombudsman intervention in favour of an injured worker didn't block the man from suing his former employer for damages under workers' comp laws.

A deceased worker's estate has been awarded $480,000 in death benefits, after a commission rejected his employer's claim that his use of illegal drugs contributed to the vehicle incident that killed him.

In a long-running workers' comp dispute, the NSW Court of Appeal has stressed that not every activity an employer encourages a worker to undertake is work-related, and upheld an employer's appeal.

A worker has successfully sued his brother's company for nearly $650,000 in damages for a back injury he sustained after the company failed to provide him with adequate mechanical assistance for manual tasks.

The parents of a worker who died in a car accident while driving from work to university have lost their appeal for death benefits, while a manager who sustained a psychological injury after being transferred has also been denied compensation on appeal.

The family of a worker who committed suicide has won its battle for workers' compensation, after a commission found the man's involvement in a number of traumatic work-related incidents contributed to the depression that led to his death.

An injured worker was entitled to apply for lump sum compensation, and then seek a higher amount five months later, regardless of the one-claim rule introduced in NSW three years ago, a judge has found.