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A worker who aggravated a degenerative thumb condition, while handling "single sheets of paper" as part of her RTW plan, is entitled to workers' compensation, a tribunal has found.

A South Australian police officer who was assaulted on his way to his motel from a training-course party has had his compensation claim dismissed, after a full Supreme Court found he was not carrying out work duties at the time of the incident.

A South Australian employer that exercised a degree of control over a "contractor", for more than "incidental or collateral matters", has been found liable for an injury he sustained at work.

A South Australian employer, which accused an injured worker of not using his "common sense", has lost its appeal against a $356,000 damages bill in the full Supreme Court.

South Australian employers that exposed their workers to asbestos-containing materials are more likely to be sued for exemplary damages after Monday's full Supreme Court decision, an asbestos victims advocate says.

An employer has successfully appealed against a decision to award compensation to an employee who was assaulted on his way home from a work-related social event - via a pizza shop - while attending an interstate training course.

An unfair dismissal case, involving a worker sacked for theft, has uncovered deficiencies in a South Australian employer's forklift-licence regime that left it unable to prove an OHS breach was serious misconduct.

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A supervisor who was instructed to boost worker morale during construction of the Christmas Island Detention Centre was "in the course of employment" when he suffered a fatal heart attack while snorkelling, according to the South Australian WCT.

A long-running workers' comp dispute in South Australia has shown that courts are reluctant to characterise harmful lifestyle choices as "compensable sequels" to workplace injuries, a lawyer says. Also in this article, an injured ACT worker who struck his manager has had his claim rejected.