Tag: Overturned Decision
-
The Limits of Foresight—Optus Overturns the $3.9 Million Mental Harm Ruling
In March 2015, the safety and legal communities were put on notice by a landmark NSW Supreme Court trial judgment. An employer was ordered to pay $3.9 million in damages after a worker was traumatized by a colleague’s attempted murder on a roof balcony. That initial decision sent shockwaves through human resources and safety departments,…