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No diagnosis? No worries: Tribunal accepts claim for symptoms
August 15, 2019
Stefaniak and Comcare [2019] AATA 1866 (12 July 2019). Key Points: Mr Stefaniak submitted a claim for workers’ compensation in respect of lower abdomen and groin pain. Despite no concrete diagnosis of his condition, the Tribunal found in favour of the employee. Background: Mr Stefaniak was a professional sprinter who trained with the […]
Can light work duties cause carpal tunnel syndrome?
March 26, 2018
Cross and Comcare (Compensation) [2018] AATA 52 (22 January 2018) Key Points The Tribunal was required to consider whether there was any liability to pay compensation in respect of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome caused by work at Centrelink. The Tribunal found in favour of the employer that there was no liability to pay such compensation, […]
Credibility issues and delay scupper claim
January 23, 2018
Eleftheriou and Australian Postal Corporation [2017] AATA 1158 Key Points The Tribunal was required to consider whether Mr Eleftheriou had suffered an ‘injury’ or ‘aggravation of an injury’, and whether his delay in providing notice of the alleged injury (two and a half years) was not ‘as soon as practicable’ and prejudicial to Australia […]
Tribunal sorts out SRC Act aggravation principles
August 29, 2017
Almeida and Australian Postal Corporation [2017] AATA 1001 Key Points Ms Almeida, a Delivery Officer, complained of straining her lower back, right elbow and left knee while sorting some large mail in the course of her employment. The Tribunal found there was only a temporal, and not causal, connection between incident on 9 October 2014 […]
No pain, no gain: Does pain triggered at work give rise to a compensable aggravation of a pre-existing condition?
September 19, 2016
Higgins v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd [2015] AATA 843; Key Points A mere increase in pain does not constitute compensable aggravation under the SRC Act. Background Mr Higgins suffered an injury as a result of a non-work related car accident in 2010. The accident resulted in Mr Higgins suffering a bulging disc in his neck […]
Armstrong v Comcare [2014] AATA 658 (10 September 2014)
April 17, 2015
Armstrong v Comcare [2014] AATA 658 (10 September 2014)
Davies v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] AATA 578 (20 August 2014)
April 17, 2015
Davies v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] AATA 578 (20 August 2014)
Talevski and K & S Freighters Pty Ltd [2014] AATA 334 (29 May 2014)
April 17, 2015
Talevski and K & S Freighters Pty Ltd [2014] AATA 334 (29 May 2014)
Kaur v Comcare [2014] AATA 127 (10 March 2014)
April 17, 2015
Kaur v Comcare [2014] AATA 127 (10 March 2014)
JQWK v Comcare [2013] AATA 830 (22 November 2013)
April 17, 2015
JQWK v Comcare [2013] AATA 830 (22 November 2013)