NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : McMahon v.Lagana & Anor. [2004] NSWCA 164 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 May 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 May 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Santow JA at 42; Stein AJA at 43 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.; If the respondent seeks an order for costs, it should within 14 days either submit a note that this is agreed, or else apply for an order for costs by written submissions, and in the latter case the appellant may reply by written submissions within a further 14 days.
CATCHWORDS : WORKERS' COMPENSATION - Injury - Course of employment - Interval - Whether real connection between employment and injury - Whether employment a substantial contributing factor. LEGISLATION CITED : Workers' Compensation Act 1987 ss.4, 9A Dayton v. Coles Supermarkets Pty. Ltd. [2001] NSWCA 153 Hatzimanolis v.ANI Corporation Ltd. (1992) 173 CLR 473 Hope v. Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 CASES CITED : ICM Agriculture Pty. Ltd. v. Perry [2002] NSWCA 257 Inverell Shire Council v. Lewis (1992) 8 NSWCCR 562 McCurry v. Lamb (1992) NSWCCR 556 Mercer v. ANZ Banking Group Ltd. (2000) 48 NSWLR 740 TGT Transport v. Zammit [2000] VSCA 162 PARTIES : Christoper Michael McMahon - appellant Anthony Lagana & Joseph Lavella t/as The Vessel "Nimble II" - respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40868/03 COUNSEL : Mr. R.I. Harrington for appellant Mr. W.P. Kearns SC for respondent SOLICITORS : Lee Sames Egan, Lismore for appellant Lee & Lyons,Sydney for respondent
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