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• Burnouts not Dangerous recreational activity: crash risk not obvious: Plaintiff recovers $80k
• Suncorp triumphant in limitation brawl with naïve 16 yr old – what did she know?
• Broken neck from dive into Fitzroy River: "high" risk known to council
• Green light for plaintiff’s second crack: Double D’s can double these ($$)
• Compensation claim outside 3 years: Plaintiffs escape time bar on "Battery"; do PIPA & CLA apply?
• Court excuses car owner from $200k liability because parent there to make joyride call
• Pac-Fair slurpee fall: plaintiff proves cleaning rotation missed, concealing prior injury excused
• Bay of Pigs: Moti scandal disguises Australia shame
• Suncorp steers by sirens’ song: Classy clipper cuts $500k cheque
• Sixteen schooner a day miner survives tax and drug slurs: escapes with $380k and pride
• Sidewalk straddler smacked: $124k for pedestrian wing mirror blow
• Woolies check out clanger cashes out customer & changes food fall floor claims forever
• Court slams specialist’s secret video view backflip
• Call girls faultless in city hotel room needle stick injury
• Lockhart families win catch value: damages capped by out-of-date limits
• WorkCover appeal goes down on Neil Armstrong truck-cab descent
• ‘Puzzling’ plaintiff paints confusing picture, sinks claim
• Guest up $500k on appeal for "filthy" hotel needle stick injury
• Cycling not inherently dangerous: rider defeats council on Shorncliffe roadworks wreck
• Army injury records shaft miner in $1.9mil damages ask
• Workers fall short in psych injury claims; security guard gets $364k on temper tantrum appeal
• Sexagenarian selfie wins limitation extension for legal precinct whack
• Skier towed onto sandbank, insurer argues boat sports unsafe
• Mixed messages on safety hands pig worker big win for knife slash
• Staff instruction crucial to nightclub assault defence: when is “do as I say” enough?
• Suncorp pleads ‘clunker defence’: you knew it was a rust bucket, suck up your brain injuries
• Mover injured walking desk through study, claim Fritzzed
• Unconventional relationship equally a ‘marriage’ for dependency rules
• ‘Some controversies should never be litigated’: plaintiffs to pay $1 mil costs after rejecting $600k offer
• Qantas airport worker wins $225k, occupational physician ‘partisan’
• Airport kerbside bang-up, lawyer’s damages cut
• New Rewards for CCL cycling members
• Appeal judges order Maccas must pay out to playground rescue hero
• High speed country road gravel smash nets downed rider $615k
• From killing field to slaughter house: refugee worker in abattoir compo win
• Telstra on hook for $16 mil helicopter wire-strike injury
• Psychiatric damages big part of $1 mil award when family told of air crash death
• Shower injury wins compo for around-the-clock worker
• UK tourists fail to Captain Cook, campervan U-turn splatters Sunday morning bikers
• Cleaner assaulted in early am car park hook up; Big Mac at fault?
• Solicitor sues his lawyer, jet ski injury compensation damages not enough
• Staff breasts ogled by State Library supervisor, covert pics: ‘unconnected to employment’
• “Nothing accident” aggravates pre-existing condition on sideways sitting forklift?
• No mat on wet steps, dinner guest wins $782k for fall
• Bus driver sued for $175k after commuter struck on Adelaide St
• Court blasts limitation hold-out against faithful employee “who got on with life”
• Court blasts mining camp’s compo hold out for in-bed worker assault
• ‘Not injured at all’ rules judge amid medication confusion and ‘slow’ impact speed
• Australia’s most common work injury
• The TOP SIX clangers in work claims
• Road authority in records cover-up until limitation expired, opposes extension
• New tax laws for properties $2 million plus
• Sweet cruise deal
• Beat up in Point Piper
• Wet shopping centre tiles a significant fall risk
• Sick police officers subjected to under-cover insurance snoops
• US giant Lowe’s slaps Woolworths with lawsuit after Masters flop
• 6 facts on using your mobile phone while driving
• Uber legislation passes in Queensland Government
• Top 5 road safety tips when driving in bad weather
• Cyclists in hi-vis – Council call for new safety rule
• Slater and Gordon sue over Qunindell acquisition
• Painter suffers back injury after floored over mat confusion 
• The debacle continues as a jury deliberates on the Gable Tostee trial
• Police botch harbour cruise taxi arrest, Gold Coast property developer gets $582k
• Tourist plane ride ends in tragedy with one dead and three seriously injured
• Visa denied – Australian-Iranian citizen denied US visa for school trip following Trump’s executive order
• Jet ski crash takes life of young Australian woman while holidaying in Thailand
• Passenger sues for wrongful detention & excessive force in international airport bust up
• Lionel Patea pleads guilty over the murder of Tara Brown
• Agency in hot water for misleading buyers
• Tiny fire stair height variation a ‘hidden trap’: Physio in $1.8 mil damages win
• Bourke Street Claims
• Fraudulent compensation claim caught on tape
• Selling Your Business Checklists | Our Proven Formula, Advice & Steps Of Sale
• Oh Snap! PT session ends in hospital stint
• Airlines’ overseas agreements ruled illegal for their effect on Australian competition
• In-depth Look at Public Liability Insurance
• FRESH FOODIES TO PAY OVERWORKED ORDER PICKER $780K FOR BACK INJURY
• STATE SUNK ON APPEAL, LOSES $558K INJURY IMMUNITY BID
• Model patient wins humiliation $$ after Dr’s unwelcome full body exam
• DIY psych treatment program ruled OK for ambulance officers’ trauma
• Grape slip fall foreseeable but risk of school teacher injury in high traffic area “insignificant”
• Ford v Ferrari: at-fault insurers must pay for equivalent luxury in replacement vehicle hire
• Pilot skewered in amusement ride crash; Teenage rider in big psych damages win
• Receptionist’s $120k fall in rush to answer call: should boss have provided a $220 headset?
• Remote airport tarmac fall spotlights airline disembarkation accident liabilities
• Park fall plaintiff wins all points on appeal: “single steps in thoroughfares are dangerous”
• Teacher in horror crash gets nod for longstanding psych injury limitation extension
• Oz courts to aid overseas Ruby Princess pax: class action waiver clause “unfair”
• Inadequate training a whole bunch of trouble for Qld banana empire
• Emirates Airlines crashes for second time on refusal to pay injured passenger
• Insurer fails in bid to move $800k partygoer burn injury claim out of C.Q.
• High Court rules insurers to pay all replacement vehicle hire charges, regardless of ‘need’
• Precautions required “from the moment she started the job”: $435k psych injury win
• Too hot: Appeal court upholds scarring finding in tattoo removal claim
• Low impact injury, nil physical symptoms: not-at-fault driver wins $201k
• QIRC upholds workers’ comp application made 17 months after first GP consult
• Cyclist slams into opening car door: Uber driver responsible for passenger’s actions?
• Traumatised Gold Coast practitioner wins defamation damages for fake customer review
• Party hosts liable for lapse in precautions amid unlimited alcohol supply
• Appeal court overturns shoulder injury “failure to refer to specialist” ruling
• Imprecise expert report the downfall for cyclist road debris injury claim
• Fatigued driver wins $1.13 mil from employer for single vehicle accident
• Pleading mishap slashes athlete’s due care and skill damages
• Labour hire worker causes $1.9 mil injury: host employer at fault
• High roller denied procedural fairness: “serious reservations” on judge’s directions
• Driver in head-on highway accident also responsible for collision 2km distant
• Wrongful imprisonment at roadside; police fail on Nuremberg defence
• Everywhere worker gets green light to sue in Queensland for NT injury
• Train accident calamity: over-eager passenger dragged between carriage and platform
• Horse breaker needed a bigger unit: inappropriate co-worker costs stud $1.4 mil
• A white van but can’t say which one: Nominal Defendant pays $844k
• DV outreach worker awarded $1.25 mil for assault by client’s husband
• Suing For Psychological Injury in Australia
• Laparoscopic error: trivial damages for gruesome surgical outcome
• Ambulance trolley toppled by hole, $300k for public park fall
• Safety measures messages mixed: thumb injury costs firm $727k
• Pedestrian hit on sidewalk damned again by injury exaggeration
• Venue liability for influencer bar assault stayed pending appeal
• Brain injured mechanic awarded $1 mil for farm bike accident
• Virus outbreak stokes cruise disappointment & class action sortie
• Hot pursuit of at-fault driver not essential for unidentified vehicle claim
• Swedish families sue in Australia for parachute air crash defects
• Employer directly liable for supervisor’s gut punch to junior staffer
• Real estate agents sued for open house driveway injury
• Judge pans Dalby plant operator’s denial of hazard creation liability
• Nothing done to avert risk; court halts $200k to injured cyclist
• Car accident claimant holds back medical history; wins $285k
• Catastrophic surgical outcome: hospital to pay up big
• Heavily drunk patron wins $12.5 mil for bouncer retaliation
• Will never work again: court awards $2.8 mil for freak accident
• Spinal surgery gone wrong: patients in compensation push
• Ruby Princess damages fail a playbook for disappointment damages asks
• Expert tradie does job; occupier liable for tragic injury 25 yrs on
• No grounds to suspect fraud: insurer must give up surveillance pics
• Turbulence event exposes Air Canada to major damages claims
• Nurses bump hospital bed: ICU patient wins $350k for spinal injury
• Hospital to pay big for patient’s bowel perforations and stroke