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Responsibility for dog attacks in Queensland

Dog attacks occur more frequently than most people realise and the potential for serious injury or even death is often not appreciated by some owners. If someone is attacked by a dog in Queensland, who is, or should be held accountable and what are your rights if you are attacked?

Case note: Lusk & Anor v Sapwell [2011] QCA 59

Facts The Plaintiff was an optical technician employed by the Defendant and was working alone on the date the incident giving rise to the claim took place. The Plaintiff had fitted a pair of glasses for an elderly gentleman and had walked into the back room of the shop. The back room of the shop was generally out of sight to the shopfront and the public generally. The elderly gentlemen…
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Employers beware…of the runaway chair

A Queensland office worker has been awarded $420,000 in damages after she suffered injuries to her tailbone and lower back when she missed her office chair whilst attempting to sit down. The worker had been instructed by her employer to place a plastic mat underneath her office chair. As she stood up from her chair, it moved across the mat and when she went to sit down again, according to…
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