Trudy Olsen v Identix Australia Pty Limited [2002] NSWSC 157

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Trudy Olsen v Identix Australia Pty Limited [2002] NSWSC 157 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12855/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 25/02/02, 26/02/02, 27/02/02, 28/02/02, 29/02/02, 4/03/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 March 2002

PARTIES : Trudy Olsen (Plaintiff) Identix Australia Pty Limited (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

COUNSEL : Mr M Maxwell, Mr J de Greenlaw (Plaintiff) Mr M B Williams (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Gerard Malouf & Partners (Plaintiff) A O Ellison & Co (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Claim to damages regulated under Workers Compensation Act 1987, section 151 Z (2) - Personal Injury - Liability of employer - Alleged injuries sustained by plaintiff employee after fall down stairs at work - Medical reports and other evidence inconsistent with plaintiff's evidence of fall - Whether plaintiff fell on date alleged - Whether plaintiff fell on prior occasion - Contributory negligence - Plaintiff employed as office manager - Damages not litigated - Assessment of damages LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) Fox v Wood (1981) 148 CLR 438 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161 Heuston v Yore Contractors Pty Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hunt J, 9 March 1992) CASES CITED : Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Kondis v State Transit Authority (1984) 154 CLR 672 Sullivan v Gordon (1999) 47 NSWLR 319 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 DECISION : Short minutes of order to be brought in by the defendant providing for a verdict for the defendant. Submissions as to costs invited.