Queensland Personal Injury Judgments, WCRA Common Law
A structured database of Queensland personal injury court judgments. Search and filter by claim type, court, body region, plaintiff age, occupation, and outcome. Built from public judgments by Roche Legal for practitioners and prospective claimants.
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| Case | Occupation category | Injury category | Claim type | Age at injury | Damages |
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Tyndall v Kestrel Coal Pty Ltd (No 3)
[2021] QSC 119 Trial
The court found Kestrel breached its duty of care by exposing the plaintiff to excessive vibration from prolonged loader operation, causing vibration induced white finger syndrome, and rejected… |
Machinery Operator / Driver | Hand / wrist, Left hand/upper limb | WCRA Common Law | ~45 | $1,483,319 |
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Goldthorpe v HJS Store Pty Limited
[2025] QDC 209 Trial
The plaintiff's claim was dismissed: the court found Harvey Norman had not breached its duty of care by providing a standard heavy-duty trolley and a medically cleared co-worker.… |
Labourer | Lumbar / thoracic spine, Lumbar spine, Thoracic spine | WCRA Common Law | ~54 | $0 |
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Ritchie James Edward Lowe v Greenmountain Food Processing Pty Ltd
[2024] QDC 204 Trial
The plaintiff's common law claim against his former employer for a partial finger amputation sustained on a bandsaw was dismissed. The court found the plaintiff failed to prove… |
Labourer | Hand / wrist, Right hand | WCRA Common Law | 23 | $0 |
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Paetzold v At Beach Court Holiday Villas Pty Ltd
[2024] QCA 227 Appeal
The applicant sought leave to appeal the District Court's assessment of damages, contending the trial judge erred in finding his knee injury was not caused by the incident… |
Labourer | Ankle / foot, Left foot, Left knee | WCRA Common Law | 70 | $41,077 |
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Manca v Teys Australia Beenleigh Pty Ltd
[2024] QCA 60 Appeal
The Court of Appeal dismissed the worker's appeal against the District Court's dismissal of his negligence claim, holding that the trial judge's findings of fact (that the cause… |
Labourer | Chest / thorax, Lumbar / thoracic spine, Left shoulder | WCRA Common Law | ~39 | $0 |
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Paetzold v At Beach Court Holiday Villas Pty Ltd
[2024] QDC 35 Trial
The court found the defendant employer negligent in failing to provide a mower with an operable battery, and that this caused the plaintiff's Achilles tendon injury. The claimed… |
Labourer | Ankle / foot, Left ankle, Left knee | WCRA Common Law | ~69 | $41,077 |
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