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.
A worker who was injured when she tripped over a box at work has been denied damages, after the NSW Court of Appeal found it wasn't reasonable for her to expect her workplace to be free from "obvious" hazards.
A full Federal Court has confirmed that the Fair Work Act doesn't block injured NSW workers from accruing leave while they're receiving incapacity payments.
A NSW delivery driver has been awarded nearly $1 million in damages for a serious ankle injury, which he sustained after a construction site supervisor directed him to unload heavy materials on an uneven surface instead of a nearby loading dock.