Gary Martin v Kevin Teeling [2010] NSWSC 814

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Gary Martin v Kevin Teeling [2010] NSWSC 814

HEARING DATE(S) : 24 June 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 27 July 2010

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison AsJ

(1) The notice of motion filed 19 March 2010 is dismissed. DECISION : (2) The matter is listed for a status conference on 10 August 2010 at 9.00 am before the Registrar. (3) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff;s costs as a greed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : SUMMARY JUDGMENT - Whether under s 151 of Workers Compensation Act 1987 a father is precluded from nervous shock claim over death of son because they share the same employer

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Air Services Australia v Zarb (Court of Appeal, 26 August 1998, unreported) Commonwealth of Australia v Griffiths & Anor [2007] NSWCA 370; [2007] 70 NSWLR 268 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners [1949] HCA 1; (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) & Ors [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Gifford v Strang Patrick Stevedoring Pty Limited [2003] HCA 33; (2003) 214 CLR 269 Kimberley-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Thompson [2006] NSWCA 264; (2006) 67 NSWLR 187 Stryke Corporation Pty Limited v Miskovic (2007) NSWCA 72 Webster & Anor v Lampard [1993] HCA 57; (1993) 177 CLR 598 Workers Compensation Board of Queensland v Technical Products Pty Limited [1988] HCA 49; (1988) 165 CLR 642