A woman whose working-from-home hours stretched beyond her scheduled nine-to-five work time was in the course of employment when she was killed by her partner, an appeals court has confirmed.
The substantive proceedings for a worker's claim that he developed dementia as a result of witnessing a traumatic fatality have been given the go-ahead, with a judge allowing him to appoint a litigation guardian.
A tribunal has rejected a worker's claim that she continued to suffer from a 2007 work injury because surgery that alleviated her condition permanently "changed the architecture" of her spine.
An employer is facing a $2 million-plus damages bill, after a court found its failure to inspect and maintain road surfaces caused a worker's debilitating musculoskeletal injury.
An employer has unsuccessfully argued, on appeal, that it isn't liable for a worker's shoulder injuries, which she sustained performing a lifting task she had raised concerns about.
A worker's successful claim that her psych injury arose from being treated unreasonably by management, after she was transferred to a worksite she didn't want to go to, has been overturned on appeal.
A site occupier's injury damages bill has been increased significantly to $1.2 million, in an appeals court judgment examining the company's duties to a visiting worker who fell in a four-metre pit covered by a pallet.
The fatal ankle injury a worker sustained after leaving a client's site was not a non-compensable journey injury, given the "overwhelming evidence" showing he planned to continue working remotely on the long train trip back to his office and home town, a commission has ruled.
A worker's debilitating neck injury was caused by using his shorter supervisor's standing desk, which wasn't ergonomically assessed or adjusted for his height, a tribunal has found.
A medical panel denied a worker procedural fairness when it went outside the "parameters" of his injury dispute to find his traumatic experience as a refugee caused his psychological injury, a superior court has found in rejecting an employer's appeal.
