VICTORIAN WORKCOVER AUTHORITY and Another v HARTLEY

27 VR 116·Mandie and Harper JJA and Emerton AJA
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VICTORIAN WORKCOVER AUTHORITY and Another v HARTLEYCourt of AppealMandie and Harper JJA and Emerton AJA10 March, 14 April 2010[2010] VSCA 74Accident compensation — Workers compensation — Lump sum — Entitlement — One claim only per compensable event — Knee injury — Claim made and settled — Delayed surgery — Complications from surgery — No medical negligence — No new intervening act — Further claim — “Same event or circumstance” — Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) ss 82(1), 83(1)(d), 104B(5A), 104B(5AA), 104B(5AB)..

Section 104B(5A) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (“the Act”) required a worker to include all injuries arising out of the “same event or circumstance” in a claim under s 98C of the Act for lump sum compensation. Section 104B(5AA) provided that a worker was only entitled to make one claim for compensation under s 98C in respect of injuries arising out of the same event or circumstance.

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