Social media – the new ‘surveillance’ in personal injury claims
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…
How workers compensation surveillance & Facebook reduced a payout
Her Honour Justice Atkinson handed down a decision in the Supreme Court at Brisbane in the matter of Melanie Digby v The Compass Institute Inc & State of Queensland [2015] QSC 308. In this case, the Court found for the Plaintiff, Ms Digby, a Disability Carer, who had sustained injuries to her right arm and shoulder whilst trying to catch a disabled youth from falling when startled by a police car siren and lights operated during a police presentation…