The Court of Appeal has heard and will shortly decide an important case in relation to the changes made to workers compensation by the government last year.
Background:
In 2012 the State Government striped workers’ rights to lump sum workers compensation in an attempt to reduce the cost of the workers compensation system. The changes included a [...]
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A DENTIST who carried out nearly $75,000 worth of dental work on a patient – despite knowing it was unnecessary and would be ineffective – is still able to practice despite the NSW Supreme Court yesterday ordering him to pay more than $1.7 million in damages for intentional injury.
Mark Phung, whose practice is in the [...]
Victims of crime have been frustrated by a compensation regime that is bureaucratic, costly and inefficient, resulting in a backlog of more than 20,000 claims – including one for a crime committed in the 1930s.
The bottleneck in the Victims Compensation Tribunal has forced the suspension of new claims. There is speculation in legal circles the [...]
Medical giant Johnson & Johnson is under mounting pressure to settle a class action launched against it by 4500 Australians who were fitted with the company’s infamous metal-on-metal hip replacements, after a US victim was awarded $8.3 million.
Lawyers representing the Australians fitted with the articular surface replacement (ASR) hip implants will return to court this [...]
The family of a US girl who lost 90 per cent of her skin after suffering an allergic reaction to pain relief medication has been awarded $63 million in compensation.
Samantha Reckis was seven years old in 2003 when she took “Children’s Motrin”, a pain reliever manufactured by a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, to treat [...]
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