After café worker Ms. Robinson sustained a workplace injury in 2014, she lodged a successful claim with Return to Work SA (RTWSA) for weekly income payments. However, RTWSA used another unrelated workplace injury settled out of Court in 1998 against Ms. Robinson as a...
Furniture retail employee Ms. Figallo was struck on the jawbone by a table she was carrying as she moved through a showroom door one day at work, causing significant injury to her jaw including loss of teeth. She lodged a claim for workplace injury, and this was...
In November 2017, contract roofer Mr. Truman fell off scaffolding from three stories high and broke his arm, leg and finger. He was off work for a considerable period of time, without income protection insurance, and was losing money fast. He sought legal advice from...
Tea Tree Gully retail employee Mr. Barr suffered a fall in his workplace car park, resulting in a broken leg. He made a workplace injury claim but was rejected by Return to Work SA on the basis that he was not ‘at his place of employment’ when he was injured.After...