Recent Cases

Ryan v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer [2020] NSWCA 38 (11 March 2020) (Leeming JA; Payne JA; White JA.)


Catchwords:


TORTS – negligence – motor vehicle accidents – recovery proceeding by workers compensation nominal insurer – worker drove into stationary oversize truck while latter stopped at intersection – trailer protruded from right turning lane into worker’s through lane – whether truck driver breached duty by failing to advance into intersection beyond unbroken stop-line – whether truck driver breached duty by failing to activate hazard lights – whether failure to activate hazard lights caused collision – appeal allowed and judgment entered for truck driver