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Public Liability Claim

Our client came to our firm seeking help after suffering serious injuries to her ankle when she tripped and fell whilst walking down a busy street in St Albans. Before speaking with our team, Angelina, like a lot of our clients, was really worried about the prospect of going to court and found the entire process of a legal claim to be quite daunting. After inspecting the accident site, it...

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Jill came to see us after suffering a nasty slip and fall injury whilst on holiday with her partner. The accident occurred at a coastal town in Victoria where Jill, an avid sailor, had decided to take a walk along the jetty to view the boats. Unbeknownst to Jill, the surface of the jetty had several smooth metal strips that became extremely slippery when wet. On this day, it had...

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Gizella Blake

(Public Liability Claim)

Gizella experienced a challenging incident at a shopping centre where she unfortunately slipped on a wet surface due to the negligence of cleaners. The accident resulted in multiple injuries that significantly altered her life. Upon hearing about Henry Carus + Associates through a friend's recommendation, Gizella decided to seek our assistance. With Henry Carus and Associates’ guidance, Gizella adeptly navigated the intricate public liability process. Our dedicated efforts led to...

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Before her accident, Fiona was a happy and healthy person. On the day of the accident,  Fiona was completing her grocery shopping at her local supermarket. She was walking through the fruit and vegetable section when she slipped on a piece of spinach, causing her to fall and suffer injuries to her knee and her outstretched hand. Months after the accident took place, Fiona found that the injuries she suffered...

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Our dear client Joan came to us following a slip and fall accident on a footpath near her home. Joan was out taking her dog for a walk. It had been raining and the footpath was wet. Joan was only a hundred metres or so from her home when walking down a slope towards an intersection when she stepped onto the metal cover of a service pit in the footpath...

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Leon and his wife came to us after they were both injured at a public event they attended one evening in Melbourne. At this event, many businesses had set up stands and areas to sell their food, drinks, and entertainment to the public. Leon and his wife had purchased a drink from one of these vendors when they were invited by an event marketing staff member to sit on a...

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Mary came to see us after suffering an injury at the residential aged care facility where she resides. She slipped and fell on a puddle of water in the carpark, suffering a significant injury to her right knee, requiring an operation. Mary was previously very fit and active for her age, and her quality of life greatly suffered after the fall. Our investigations revealed that there had been an issue...

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Before his accident, Paul had a good retirement life. On the day of his accident, he went to a sports bar as he waited for his wife to finish her shopping. He was walking in through the entrance when he slipped over and injured his hip. He turned the mat over, and found there was dirty water underneath. The water had seeped out from the mat onto the tiled floor,...

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Maree Beswick

(Public Liability Claim)

Maree is a lovely woman who had been working hard all her life. She ran a demanding water truck business 4 days a week and also worked in an administrative role 2 days a week. She was excited about a piece land that she had just bought. She intended to keep her other property as an investment property. Her retirement plan was working out for her, and life seemed good....

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Vaimoana Faitala

(Public Liability Claim)

In the lead up to Christmas, Amatala, who was then only 10 years old, was at a shopping centre with her family. They were shopping for Christmas presents. Unfortunately, Amatala slipped on water at the food court and fell, resulting in a serious hip injury. Although the accident was 12 years ago, we were able to obtain significant compensation for her. Here's what she has to say about her experience:

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Edward Kuklinsky

(Public Liability Claim)

Ted is a lovely elderly gentleman who was fully enjoying his life in retirement. On the day of his fall, he had just played a game of bowls at the local club and was walking to his local supermarket to buy a toothbrush. He walked into the entrance of the store and all of sudden his foot slipped on something and he fell. He realized that he had slipped on...

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Shuling came to Australia on a tourist visa, to help her daughter and son-in-law to look after their child. On the day of incident, she was walking to pick up her grandchild from primary school. As a naturally cautious person, she always watched where she was stepping, so she looked down as she stepped off a kerb. When she looked up, a Labrador had appeared out of nowhere and jumped...

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Maryanne Window

(Public Liability Claim)

Maryanne had just left home for to go for an exercise walk after work. She was walking along the footpath when she suddenly tripped and fell forward over a cracked and uneven paver, next to a driveway cutout. Maryanne was caught completely off guard, fell forward and landed awkwardly on her left arm and hit her head. She was left with a scar on her forehead and suffered a nasty...

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Diana Tetteroo

(Public Liability Claim)

It was a rainy day. Diana was walking into a shopping centre when she had a fall. There was an entrance mat but it was sitting in a pool of water due to the volume of people going in with a large amount of water on their clothing, umbrellas, trolleys and prams, that is falling on the ground at the entrance. Diana had stepped off the mat when she slipped...

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Rosa is a lovely elderly woman who was enjoying her retirement life. A night of family birthday celebration at a commercial premises turned into an accident, when Rosa slipped on a set of steps at the premises. As a result of the accident, she fractured her pelvis and lumbar spine. Her condition worsened and deteriorated with pain. We pursued Rosa’s claim against the premises on the basis that the steps...

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Jennifer was at a hospital to be with her ill mother, when ironically she herself had an accident. There was a pool of water on the hospital floor that Jennifer had not seen and she took a massive fall. Jennifer suffered from multiple injuries from the fall. We were able to have an early settlement conference before Christmas, and we assisted Jennifer with an advance of her settlement monies to...

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Danny was visiting his son in Australia when he had an unfortunate accident at a hardware store. Danny and his son visited the hardware store to purchase some timber. The staff members were loading timber onto their trailer top. One of the staff members without giving any warning and gestures, pushed a piece of timber onto the trailer and towards Danny’s head. To avoid being hit by timber, Danny stepped...

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Gavin came to us in 2017 after a nasty fall in the street. He was walking along a footpath in a suburban shopping street. A store had previously been demolished leaving a vacant lot that abutted the footpath. The edge of the footpath had deteriorated over time. Although the Council repaired the area in 2015, the repair itself was poor and began to break down, so that Gavin tripped and...

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Bruce Griffiths

(Public Liability Claim)

Before his accident, Bruce was a fit and active 80 year old, who enjoyed walking and travelling to South-East Asia with his wife. That all changed when he was shopping at his local supermarket, when he slipped and fell on a puddle of water in the fruit and vegetable area. The supermarket staff failed to clean the spill and there were no signs warning Bruce of the hazard. Bruce suffered...

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Dee came to our office after suffering serious injuries in a tram accident. Dee is a senior who, sadly, was thrown across a tram when she was trying to get to her seat. The tram driver took off, as though driving a race car and not as a means of transport for our community. We achieved for her a serious injury certificate and compensation that was generous. What Dee remembers in that whole time is...

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