Queensland Personal Injury Judgments — 2025
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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Singleton v Direct Personnel Services Pty Ltd & Anor
[2025] QSC 259 Trial
The court found both defendants negligent and entered judgment for the plaintiff against the labour-hire employer (DPS) for $433,056.28 and against the host employer (MT) for $490,429.05, apportioning… |
Labourer | Lumbar spine, Psychiatric | Hybrid (WCRA + PIPA) | 34 | $490,429 |
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Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd v Carey-Schofield; Civeo Pty Ltd v Carey-Schofield
[2025] QCA 161 Appeal
Both appeals by Hays and Civeo against the trial judgment in favour of the plaintiff were dismissed. The Court of Appeal held there was no denial of procedural… |
Labourer | Elbow, Left elbow, Psychiatric | Hybrid (WCRA + PIPA) | — | $873,014 |
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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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Kruger v Cronn & Nominal Defendant
[2025] QDC 21 Trial
The court found the plaintiff deliberately swung his arm into the dirt bike rider's head, rebutting the presumption arising from the rider's dangerous driving conviction under s 79(3)… |
Community & Personal Service Worker | Wrist, Right forearm, Respiratory +1 | MAIA | ~38 | $0 |
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Jaksa v Sweeny & Anor
[2025] QDC 2 Trial
The court accepted the admitted cervical spine (neck) injury but found the plaintiff had not proved the more serious right shoulder injury she pleaded, largely because social media… |
Community & Personal Service Worker | Cervical spine | MAIA | 24 | $148,826 |
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