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, occupation, plaintiff outcome, key legal issues, and more. 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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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 spine, Thoracic spine | WCRA Common Law | ~54 | $0 |
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Hoyes v Wellways Australia Limited ACN 093 357 165
[2025] QDC 125 Trial
The plaintiff's claim was dismissed. The court found no breach of duty causative of injury — the defendant had reasonable support and counselling systems in place, the plaintiff… |
Community & Personal Service Worker | Psychiatric | WCRA Common Law | ~23 | $0 |
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Cagney v D&J Building Contractors Pty Ltd
[2025] QCA 116 Appeal
Leave to appeal was granted because the questions of law had wider application, but the appeal was dismissed. The Court of Appeal held the trial judge correctly found… |
Technician / Trade Worker | — | WCRA Common Law | — | $0 |
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Sawyer v Steeplechase Pty Ltd
[2025] QCA 2 Appeal
The Court of Appeal dismissed the worker's appeal, upholding the trial judge's finding that the principal contractor (SWC) owed no duty of care to the employee of its… |
Technician / Trade Worker | Lumbar spine | WCRA Common Law | — | $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, Right hand | WCRA Common Law | 23 | $0 |
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Kemp v Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
[2024] QSC 259 Trial
The plaintiff's claim was dismissed. The court found in favour of the defendant on the critical facts, holding that the alleged inappropriate conduct did not occur, that no… |
Professional | Psychiatric | WCRA Common Law | 44 | $0 |
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