Sutton v Laminex Group Pty Ltd
[2011] VSCA 52
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…and enjoyment of life.[34] [34] Haden Engineering Pty Ltd v McKinnon [2010] VSCA 69, [16]; Sutton v Laminex Group Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 52. 46 Some weight must be given, in considering that the pain and suffering consequences of the plaintiff's impairment are at least very considerable , to the adverb “very”.[35] E…
Haden Engineering Pty Ltd v McKinnon
[2010] VSCA 69
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…nal activities, social activities, sexual activities and enjoyment of life.[34] [34] Haden Engineering Pty Ltd v McKinnon [2010] VSCA 69, [16]; Sutton v Laminex Group Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 52. 46 Some weight must be given, in considering that the pain and suffering consequences of the plaintiff's impairment are at…
Stijepic v One Force Group Aust Pty Ltd
[2009] VSCA 181
Citation 3
…ght of its own facts.[36] [35] TAC v Dennis [1998] 1 VR 702, 703. [36] Stijepic v One Force Group Aust Pty Ltd & Anor [2009] VSCA 181. 47 In determining the application the whole of the evidence is to be considered, and a successful return to work by a stoic worker is not determinative against a worker on the issu…
Rodda v Transport Accident Commission
[2008] VSCA 276
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…f the impairment of the relevant body function meet the narrative test.[32] [32] Richards v Wylie (2000) 1 VR 79, 87; Rodda v TAC [2008] VSCA 276. 44 Ordinarily, the endurance of permanent daily pain requiring frequent medication “must, according to ordinary human experience, raise a real prospect of a ‘very consi…
Dwyer v Calco Timbers Pty Ltd (No 2)
[2008] VSCA 260
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…n v Laminex Group Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 52, 79; Dwyer v Calco Timbers Pty Ltd [38] Dwyer v Calco Timbers Pty Ltd (No.2) [2008] VSCA 260, [27]; Sutton v Laminex Group Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 52, [95]. 48 I am entitled to take into account that the plaintiff is 64 years old and that , compared with other persons with impa…
Kelso v Tatiara Meat Co Pty Ltd
[2007] VSCA 267
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…y human experience, raise a real prospect of a ‘very considerable’ consequence”.[33] [33] Kelso v Tatiara Meat Co Pty Ltd [2007] VSCA 267, [199]. 45 Apart from the capacity for work, assessing the extent to which pain interferes with the ordinary activities of life will generally involve consideration of its effec…
Richards v Wylie
[2000] VSCA 50
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…l injury when deciding whether the consequences of the impairment of the relevant body function meet the narrative test.[32] [32] Richards v Wylie (2000) 1 VR 79, 87; Rodda v TAC [2008] VSCA 276. 44 Ordinarily, the endurance of permanent daily pain requiring frequent medication “must, according to ordinary human experienc…
Barlow v Hollis
[2000] VSCA 26
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…iding whether the consequences of the impairment of the relevant body function meet the narrative test.[32] [32] Richards v Wylie (2000) 1 VR 79, 87; Rodda v TAC [2008] VSCA 276. 44 Ordinarily, the endurance of permanent daily pain requiring frequent medication “must, according to ordinary human experience, raise…