Karzi v Toll Pty Ltd

• 1. NEGLIGENCE — duty of care — foreseeability — whether primary judge erred in finding risk of psychiatric harm to employee was not reasonably foreseeable — where employee was verbally harassed by co-workers — where employee made complaint to employer and employer took reasonable precautions to address risk of psychiatric harm — where employee did not indicate to employer that psychiatric harm was being suffered
• 1. NEGLIGENCE — causation — where employee suffered “transient” psychiatric injury — whether certificate of whole person impairment issued by the Workers Compensation Commission was evidence of the permanence of the psychiatric injury for the purpose of ascertaining causation
• 1. APPEALS — from finding of fact — improper admission of evidence — whether primary judge erred in admitting evidence of witness who was not disclosed in respondent’s pre-filing statement — where disclosure was required by s 315 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) — where appellant’s pre-filing statement did not comply with s 315
• 1. CIVIL PROCEDURE — pleadings — whether primary judge erred in failing to address appellant’s case on vicarious liability — where vicarious liability was not pleaded — where vicarious liability was raised in cross-examination and oral submissions at first instance — purpose and function of pleadings

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