A security company has been ordered to compensate the estate of a worker who suffered a fatal cardiac arrest while attempting to control a crowd, with a commission ruling the "frantic" crowd caused the emotional and physical stress that aggravated his underlying disease.
An employer has failed to overturn a $1.4 million injury damages award and a ruling that it negligently disregarded a worker's advice to hire a more suitable assistant for him.
A psychologically injured, allegedly bullied worker has overturned a decision to deny her compensation, with an appeals commission finding the decision maker applied the "reasonable management action" test from the wrong statute.
An appeals commission has affirmed a ruling that 33 years of occupational sun exposure was the main contributing factor to a local council worker's skin cancer, rejecting the council's claim that 70 per cent of the contributing exposure came from his childhood years and recreational activities.
A commission has rejected an employer's claim that a worker's psychological injury arose out of reasonable management action relating to his poor performance, ruling it resulted from workplace bullying and harassment long before any performance appraisal occurred.
A worker, who suffered an aggravation of his pre-existing psychological condition during the course of his employment, has been awarded compensation, after his employer failed to prove that several "reasonable" management acts were the predominant causes of the aggravation.
A commission has upheld a worker's claim she suffered a psychological injury from being bullied by her supervisor, condemning the employer for rejecting her compensation bid with no legal or medical basis.
A Sydney Trains worker has won his renewed injury compensation case, with an appeals commission finding the contributing workplace events, while innocuous to others, were real and aggravated his pre-existing psychological condition.
A superior court has rejected an employer's claim that a commission-appointed medical assessor failed to properly evaluate the impact an alleged bullying victim's pre-existing psychological issues had on her level of impairment.
An appeals commission has upheld a bullied worker's compensation claim, rejecting his former employer's argument that he was barred from running a case related to psychological injuries.
