Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (NSW) | Page 30

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.

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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.

A landmark NSW Supreme Court decision, thought to be the first of its kind in the world, shows employees can now pursue compensation for PTSD as a "bodily injury", according to the lawyer of a worker awarded damages in the case.

The NSW WCC President has confirmed a journey fatality was compensable because the incident was caused by the deceased woman's work-related fatigue.

The parents of a young worker who was killed in a car accident, after his employer encouraged him to attend his university graduation, have had their $500,000 compensation claim rejected.

An employer that failed to "genuinely engage" in rehabilitation options for an employee, who sustained a psych injury more than a decade ago, has been ordered to pay him thousands of dollars in past and future gym-related expenses.

A manager who fell off a balcony while under the influence of cocaine and alcohol at a gathering at his home wasn't injured "in the course of his employment", a NSW tribunal has ruled, rejecting his claim that the gathering constituted a "seamless" continuation of a work function.

A NSW worker has failed to convince a judge that his employer is vicariously liable for the actions of a woman who injured his back while he performed first aid.