[Case Summary] The peculiar case of a truck driver who sustained a bulging disc from a malfunctioning driver’s seat
Peebles v WorkCover Queensland [2020] QSC 106; Peebles v Workcover Queensland [2021] QCA 21 Facts of the Case Mr Daniel John Peebles, born on 2 February 1982, was employed by Kurtz Transport Pty Ltd in 2011 to work as a truck driver. As he commenced his employment, the truck which was allocated to Mr […]
Case analysis : slipped and fell on a wet floor at a supermarket
Margaret Hill v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Limited (ACN 004 189 708) [2016] NSWDC 5 Facts In an early morning of 2003, Ms Hill slipped and fell at a Coles supermarket shortly after the shop opened for business. Ms Hill suffered serious injury to her left ankle which required surgery intervention and ongoing impairment […]
Case Analysis : slipped on water and fell heavily on the way leaving a restaurant premise
Dale Erwin-Jones v Latitude Underwriting Pty Ltd [2016] NSWDC 46 Facts Ms Erwin-Jones slipped on water and fell heavily on her way leaving a restaurant premise in August 2010. She sustained injuries to her right wrist and hand, right forearm, right shoulder and lower back. It was a windy and wet evening at […]
Case Analysis : on a collapsing chair at a wrong place in a supermarket.
Lewis v Kmart Australia Ltd [2016] NSWDC 218 Facts There was a photo lab section in the Kmart store. In the photo lab, there were four kiosks which provided a computer screen each for customers to select and print photos. There should be four lab chairs for each kiosk. However, one of the chairs […]
Case Analysis : slipped on a puddle of clear liquid on the floor at a casino.
Krickovic v The Star Pty Limited [2019] NSWDC 594 Facts Mr Krickovic, a man in his mid-50s at the time of the accident, slipped on a puddle of clear liquid on the floor whilst he was walking across a polished marble flooring at Sydney’s Star Casino. He sustained multiple soft tissue injuries particularly his […]
