Avopiling Pty Ltd v Bosevski; Avopiling Pty Ltd v The Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer

• 1. Torts
  2. › Negligence
  3. › Employer's liability
  4. › Whether employer of injured worker negligent
  5. › Whether employer knew or should have known of risk of harm
  6. › Whether worker had legitimate reason for being in vicinity of pile driving rig
  7. › Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151Z(2)
• 1. Torts
  2. › Negligence
  3. › Contributory negligence
  4. › Risk of harm
  5. › Whether formulation of risk of harm impermissibly narrow
  6. › Whether injured worker knew or should have known of risk of harm
  7. › Whether open to draw Jones v Dunkel inference from failure to call witnesses
  8. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5B, 5R, 5S
• 1. Damages
  2. › Personal injury
  3. › Future economic loss
  4. › Future attendant care needs
  5. › Future medical expenses
  6. › Whether s 13 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) applies to future attendant care and future medical expenses
  7. › Whether Malec v JC Hutton approach required for all categories of future economic loss
  8. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 12, 13
• 1. Damages
  2. › Personal injury
  3. › Future attendant care
  4. › Whether commercial or gratuitous basis appropriate
  5. › Whether discount for vicissitudes warranted notwithstanding use of life expectancy tables
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 13, 15

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