Queensland Personal Injury Judgments, 2020
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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Giles v State of Queensland
[2020] QDC 332 Trial
The court found the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS) was not negligent in its management of the plaintiff on the night of the fire, holding that adequate… |
Community & Personal Service Worker | Psychiatric | WCRA Common Law | 56 | $0 |
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Chalmers v Leslie & Anor
[2020] QSC 343 Interlocutory
The proceeding was permanently stayed under r 16(g) UCPR because the first defendant's severe dementia rendered him unable to give instructions or evidence, making a fair trial impossible.… |
Minor / Child | Psychiatric | Historical Abuse | ~5 | - |
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Harris v Manton & Anor
[2020] QCA 241 Appeal
The Court of Appeal dismissed the plaintiff's appeal, upholding the trial judge's finding that the collision was caused by the plaintiff's own utility crossing the dividing line into… |
Not stated | Multiple regions / generalised | MAIA Motor Accident | - | - |
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Kleeman v The Star Entertainment Group Limited and Another (No 2)
[2020] QSC 332 Trial
The plaintiff's personal injury proceeding was dismissed under r 370 UCPR after the self-represented plaintiff failed to appear or adequately explain his absence on the second, third and… |
Not stated | Lumbar / thoracic spine | PIPA Public Liability | - | - |
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Walker v Greenmountain Food Processing Pty Ltd
[2020] QSC 329 Trial
The court found the employer negligent for failing to provide a safe system of work for accessing the roof and rejected the contributory negligence defence, finding the plaintiff's… |
Manager | Brain / head, Psychiatric, Cervical spine +2 | WCRA Common Law | 32 | $967,383 |
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Kleeman v The Star Entertainment Group Limited and Another (No 1)
[2020] QSC 390 Interlocutory
The defendants' interlocutory application to constrain the self-represented plaintiff's evidence on loss and damage (and to prevent him leading evidence of matters refuted in his reply) was dismissed.… |
Not stated | PIPA Public Liability | - | - |
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