New Year’s Eve 2011 changed Mina Yamaguchi’s life forever when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident whilst holidaying in Cairns. Mina was crossing a Cairns street on a pedestrian crossing when she was run down by a Cairns bus resulting in serious injuries, including organic brain damage, a broken pelvis, and multiple other injuries…
There are some quite odd Road Rules in place that you may never have dreamed existed and really have no relevance to a present day highway, but there are also some unusual Road Rules that do apply to all road users today which you may very well not be aware of. In this article we set out some of these more unusual Road Rules for you…
Introduced into Queensland in 2013, this Rule is named after little Ryan Saunders. Ryan was 3 years old when he became ill. He complained to his mother of having pain all over his body…
Black Lung Disease, also known as Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis, is a disease associated with miners working in poor work conditions back in days of old. Unfortunately, Black Lung Disease is back in the 21st Century mining industry. Disturbingly, evidence has arisen that suggests it never really went away, as was widely believed or promoted…
The case of Digby v The Compass Institute Inc & Anor, was the first to involve an order by the Court for a Plaintiff in a personal injury claim to provide a copy of all material contained in their Facebook account to the Defendant insurer…
A 41 year old Texan in the United States who was visiting a Theme Park, was caught on video sliding off the side of a large waterslide as he rounded a bend in the ride, and falling to the rocky cliffs below, breaking his arm, leg and multiple ribs. He was indeed lucky to be alive. The video went viral and became internationally newsworthy, because the video encapsulated the very thing we all fear most when entering any ride at an amusement park…
An airline steward who suffered psychiatric injury as a result of being arrested and imprisoned in Orange County Jail in Los Angeles upon charges that were later found to be unsubstantiated, has won his case to claim workers’ compensation for his injury…
Are you considering seeking whiplash compensation as a result of a car accident? Familiarise yourself with this whiplash injury compensation case study to gain a better understanding of your situation.
Robyn Eaton was engaged as an administration assistant for nursing home giant, TriCare. She brought a claim against TriCare for psychiatric injury she sustained as a result of being placed under unreasonable workloads and stress due to lack of proper management in her work duties, and bullying and harassment she experienced on a regular basis at the hands of her supervisor and manager in the course of her work with the TriCare organisation…
If you are injured in the course of your work, then you are entitled to claim workers’ compensation benefits. The Personal Injury Lawyers In Brisbane and the Gold Coast can help unlock these benefits which include funding medical treatment and rehabilitation costs and paying wages lost due to the workplace injury.
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