An employer that decided against resolving a psychologically injured worker's many grievances was not negligent because it delayed the process out of concern for his wellbeing, an appeals court has found in denying the worker damages.
An employer wasn't negligent and didn't breach its duty of care to a worker who injured his back while retrieving tools from an elevated work platform, a court has ruled.
A principal contractor previously convicted and fined over a worker's three-metre fall, has been ordered to pay 40 per cent of the man's common law damages for failing to "retain and exercise a supervisory power".
A nurse has been denied workers' compensation for golden staph on appeal, after a court found she failed to establish the "impossibility or at least significant unlikelihood" of her being exposed to the disease outside of work.
A worker who incorrectly lowered a loading platform more than 300 times in 18 months, before falling onto a concrete floor, was "wholly responsible" for his injuries, a court has ruled.
Ride-share company Uber acted reasonably when it deactivated a driver's account after passengers complained he nearly fell asleep at the wheel, a court has found in rejecting the driver's $500,000 damages claim.
An employer has unsuccessfully claimed that a manufacturer was partly liable for a worker's hand amputation, by supplying equipment without adequate guarding.
The High Court has rejected an injured worker's appeal against a decision quashing his $1.5 million damages award, while an appeal court has rejected another man's claim that he sustained a work-related injury three days after receiving a termination payment.
An appeal court has upheld a decision denying a worker $710,000 in damages, after finding a labour-hire company had no control over the employee who allegedly caused his injuries.
A worker who claimed he injured his knee falling off a truck trailer has been refused damages, after a court found he hadn't been permitted or required to perform any tasks that involved climbing onto the vehicle.
