Butt v Liebherr Australia Pty Limited [2015] NSWDC 3

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Butt v Liebherr Australia Pty Limited [2015] NSWDC 3 Hearing dates: 19 August 2014 Decision date: 02 February 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Neilson DCJ Decision: Award for:

(a) $5,715.40 for 10.8% impairment of plaintiff's neck;

(b) $7,408.80 for 7% loss of efficient use of plaintiff's right arm at or above the elbow;

(c) $7938.00 for 10% impairment of plaintiff's back;

(d) $11,907.00 under s 67 for pain and suffering resulting from those impairments and that loss. Catchwords: WORKERS COMPENSATION – Coal miners – Whether plaintiff a coal miner for the purposes of Sch 6, Pt 18 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 – Whether plaintiff was a worker employed in or about a coal mine Legislation Cited: Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 Evidence Act 1995 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Workers Compensation Act 1926 Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995 Workers Compensation Regulation 2003 Workers Compensation Regulation 2010 Cases Cited: Badior v Muswellbrook Crane Service Pty Ltd (2004) 2 DDCR 177 Baggs v Waratah Engineering Pty Ltd [2014] HCA Trans 108 Brown v Barnard and Brown Pty Ltd (1998) 17 NSWCCR 275 Benson v Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Coy [1904] 1 AC 242 Ellavale Engineering Pty Ltd v Pilgrim [2005] NSWCA 272; (2005) 2 DDCR 744 Fekonja v Lucsan Pty Ltd (1994) 10 NSWCCR 339 Fenton v ATF Mining Electrics Pty Ltd (2004) 1 DDCR 744 Maurino v Amberlor Pty Ltd (1996) 14 NSWCCR 16 Nolan v Porter and Sons (1910) 2 BWCC 106 (Eng. CA). Pilgrim v Ellavale Engineering Pty Ltd (2003) 25 NSWCCR 521 Presland v Ellavale Engineering Pty Ltd (2005) 3 DDCR 179 Roberts v Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Ltd (2002) 24 NSWCCR 125 Select Civil (Kiama) Pty Ltd v Kearney [2012] NSWCA 320 Smith v Brown (1998) 16 NSWCCR 492 Weaver v Tredegar Iron and Coal Coy Ltd [1940] AC 955 Waratah Engineering Pty Ltd v Baggs [2013] NSWCA 427 Texts Cited: C P Mills, Workers Compensation New South Wales (2nd ed 1979, Butterworths) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stanley George Butt (Plaintiff) Liebherr Australia Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Benson (Plaintiff) Mr M Newton (Defendant)