Queensland Personal Injury Quantum Database
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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Cagney v D&J Building Contractors Pty Ltd
[2024] QDC 162 Trial
The claim was dismissed because the court found the plaintiff was not a 'worker' under s 11(1) of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act — he was engaged… |
Technician / Trade Worker | Ankle / foot, Right ankle | WCRA Common Law | - | $0 |
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Miller v WorkCover Queensland
[2024] QDC 156 Trial
The plaintiff's claim was dismissed. The court found her evidence devoid of credit (she had fabricated and tampered with evidence), held she was not a worker but a… |
Manager | Psychiatric | WCRA Common Law | 52 | $0 |
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Gairns v Pro Music Pty Ltd
[2024] QDC 118 Trial
The court found the employer breached its duty of care by demoting a long-term employee with a known emotional vulnerability without proper notice or opportunity to respond, in… |
Manager | Psychiatric | WCRA Common Law | 50 | $395,767 |
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Sawyer v Steeplechase Pty Ltd
[2024] QSC 142 Trial
Judgment for the plaintiff against the second defendant (his employer) for $781,082.09. The claims against the first defendant (principal contractor) and third defendant were dismissed, the court finding… |
Technician / Trade Worker | Lumbar / thoracic spine, Lumbar spine, Psychiatric | WCRA Common Law | 26 | $781,082 |
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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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