NSW Caselaw
Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales
CITATION : Lorraine Fay Sim v Allianz Australia Limited [2010] NSWDDT 19
Lorraine Fay Sim (as legal personal representative of the estate of the late David Sim) PARTIES : Allianz Australia Limited WorkCover Authority (NSW) Wallaby Grip (BAE) Pty Limited (in liquidation)
JUDGMENT OF: Curtis J at 1
CATCHWORDS: Asbestosis - DUST DISEASES TRIBUNAL - Negligence :- Causation - Lung Cancer
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW)
Wallaby Grip Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd; Stewart v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2010] HCA 9; (2010) 264 ALR 425 Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Amaca Pty Ltd v Ellis (2010) 240 CLR 111 Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22 CASES CITED: Amaba Pty Ltd v Booth [2010] NSWCA 344 EM Baldwin v Plane (1998) 17 NSWCCR 434 McDonald v State Rail Authority (NSW) [1998] NSWDDT 4; (1998) 16 NSWCCR 695 Judd v Amaca Pty Ltd [2003] NSWDDT 1 Evans v Queanbeyan Shire Council [2010] NSWDDT 7 Amaca Pty Ltd v Ellis (2010) 240 CLR 111
DATES OF HEARING: 21-23 April 2010, 6-10 September 2010 and 14 December 2010.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 24 December 2010
Mr PCB Semmler QC with Mr S Tzouganatos instructed by Turner Freeman appeared for the plaintiff
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