Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (QLD)


MON
3:58PM

Damages claimant fails to block embellishment case

An injured worker who says he was negligently required to perform an unsafe task - balancing on one foot a metre above the ground - has claimed his employer isn't entitled to pursue a case that he embellished or overstated the impact of his condition.


FRI
1:00PM

"Ambush" meeting caused injury but not unreasonable

A manager did not act unreasonably in accusing a worker of "stealing time" from his employer and "ambushing" him with performance concerns in a meeting, causing the worker to develop depression and anxiety, a commission has found.


FRI
2:33PM

THU
12:19PM

Injury entitlements don't cease during shutdowns

A major employer has failed, on appeal, to reduce an injured worker's weekly benefits to nil during its annual shutdown on the basis that she would not have been paid had she not been injured.


THU
12:05PM

Blue Lagoon injury claim thwarted by appeal restrictions

A worker who was injured by a five-second recreational activity on a work trip has been blocked from pursuing her case in an appeals court, in a decision examining the interaction of injury and industrial relations laws.


TUE
1:51PM

FRI
11:40AM

Non-adjustable seat causes $800k work injury

An employer has been ordered to pay a worker nearly $800,000 in damages for negligently providing him with a faulty vehicle seat and causing his debilitating back injury, with a court rejecting claims that his case was defeated by scientific research.


WED
1:46PM

MON
2:52PM

FRI
11:05AM

Supreme Court rules on multiple medico-legal reports and workplace inspections

An injured worker has been ordered by a superior court to have his vibration syndrome assessed by two independent specialist physicians, with special allowances for the COVID-19 pandemic. The court rejected the worker's bid to have his employer's mobile plant assessed by a vibration expert.


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