Logan v GBR Helicopters & Ors; Grant v GBR Helicopters & Ors; Murray v GBR Helicopters & Ors
[2021] QDC 91 · Porter QC DCJ
Incident & injury
Helicopter engaged in low-level flying for weed spotting collided with power lines and crashed, injuring passengers
- Incident date
- 1 June 2011
- Location
- Cairns region, Queensland
Quick facts
- Date of judgment
- 28 May 2021
- Claim type
- PIPA Public Liability
- Proceeding
- Interlocutory
- Plaintiff outcome
- N/A
- Occupation
- Weed spotters (employees engaged in aerial Miconia weed spotting) Labourer
Outcome
Porter QC DCJ granted Ergon (first third party) leave under r 194 UCPR to issue fourth party notices against the State of Queensland and Cairns Regional Council respectively, and to amend its third party notices and statements of claim, in each of the three passenger proceedings arising from a 2011 helicopter crash. The Court rejected the proposed fourth parties' contention that the contribution claim was statute-barred under s 40(1)(b) of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld).
Key issues
Logan v GBR Helicopters & Ors; Grant v GBR Helicopters & Ors; Murray v GBR Helicopters & Ors [2021] QDC 91
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