Henry Carus

Rachel called us to visit her at her home, as she had an injury to her foot and was finding it very difficult to walk around. Henry went out to visit her, and met her and her husband and heard her story of how at a home and garden supply store a worker had dropped a load of cement bags onto her foot. It was clear to Henry that the...

Jan came to our office at the end of 2015, seeking some advice. She had been involved in a public liability accident some 3 years before. She was walking to a corner of a street to wait for her husband to pick her up to go home. The area she was in was a commercial area with no clearly defined footpaths. So, Jan walked on a grassed area alongside the...

Nathan suffered an injury whilst working as a truck driver. He was injured due to his employer failing to provide him with safe, appropriate equipment. The only witness to the accident was Nathan himself. His employer denied that the equipment they provided was faulty. However, we believed in Nathan and his claim. We helped him through the claims process from beginning to end, and we were able to obtain compensation...

Our client Rudra worked as a nurse and in the course of his employment he would transfer patients. During one such occurrence, Rudra was moving a patient from bed to chair when the patient became physically violent, causing injury to our clients back and causing a subsequent leg injury. Rudra’s pain became increasingly worse resulting in 3 months bed ridden before requiring various surgeries including a laminectomy on his spine....

Phillip was riding a motorcycle when a vehicle turned right into his path. He tried to steer to avoid the vehicle but clipped the back of the car and suffered a serious injury to his left leg. As a result, he received a serious injury certificate. The TAC, acting for the driver, accepted the driver was at fault for turning in the path of the motorcycle but also argued that...

Sharon Z contacted our office after being discharged from a rehabilitation centre. She had suffered extensive serious injuries when she was hit by a car crossing a road. The accident happened near her home and she gave us a description of how it occurred. She was concerned about her future and her ability to work as a Chinese medicine practitioner. We explained how the TAC system worked and how TAC...

Chi Hong is an example of us persisting with a claim, no matter how small the claim may be. Chi Hong came to us after she slipped on liquid at a well-known shopping centre in her community. She landed on her knee after the fall, resulting in a fracture that required surgery. Fortunately for Chi Hong, she recovered well from her injury. The Medical Panel found that she did not...

Jennifer came to us after she had a fall outside of a hotel she visited regularly. Jennifer’s injury occurred as she was leaving the hotel via a pedestrian ramp. As a result of her injury Jennifer had to have surgery to her knee. After her injury Jennifer could not take care of her grandchildren or enjoy her retirement activities – both of which she had been doing prior to the...

Cristina was the driver of the front car in a multi-vehicle pileup on a Melbourne freeway on her way to work Immediately after the accident, she noticed pain in her back, but she did not initially realise just how serious her injuries were Cristina’s injuries were complex and despite her pain and restrictions, her doctors struggled to give her a definitive diagnosis This was used against her, and it was...

Kapiti was involved in a motor vehicle accident in July 2009.  The vehicle at fault for the accident was unknown as the driver fled the scene following the accident. Kapiti came to Henry Carus and Associates when one of the large firms told him they did not think the court would find he had a serious injury as a result of injuries he sustained. An application had been made to the...