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Haden Engineering Pty Ltd v McKinnon31 VR 1

[2010] VSCA 69·(Court of Appeal) (2010) Maxwell P, Buchanan and Nettle JJA·31 Mar 2010·11p·

Accident compensation - Workers compensation - Leave to bring common law proceedings - Damages - Serious injury - Impairment - Evaluation - Fact, degree and value judgment - Imprecise adjectival criteria - Utility of check lists of relevant criteria - Need for consistency of application - Like cases to be treated alike - Utility of comparisons with earlier cases - Worker's stoicism - "Pain and suffering consequence" - "More than significant or marked and ... at least very considerable" - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) ss 134AB(16)(b) 134AB(38)(b) 134AD

Sutton v Laminex Group Pty Ltd31 VR 100

[2011] VSCA 52·(Court of Appeal) (2011) Ashley and Tate JJA and Hargrave AJA·3 Mar 2011·23p·

Accident compensation - Workers compensation - Leave to bring common law proceedings - Damages - Serious injury - Impairment - Evaluation - Fact, degree and value judgment - Worker's stoicism - Aggravation of pre-existing asymptomatic degenerative cervical spine condition and consequences of soft tissue shoulder injury - Consideration of consequences of impairment as a whole - Adverse credit findings when credit not in issue - "Pain and suffering consequence" - "More than significant or marked and ... at least very considerable" - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) ss 134AB(16)(b) 134AB(19)(a) 134AB(37) 134AB(38)(c) 134AD.