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  • 8 Mar 2013

    ALI LIAQAT v. GO SING WASHING CO O/B TINDEX LTD

    Citation
    ALI LIAQAT v. GO SING WASHING CO O/B TINDEX LTD
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCEC1571/2010

    The judge found the contemporaneous medical notes, attendance records, delay in recording back pain and inconsistencies in the applicant's testimony meant the back pain was not caused by the 18 January 2009 workplace accident; medical evidence showed the eye injury produced no permanent visual disability so permanent loss of earning capacity was assessed at 0%; sick leave certificates attributable to eye injury (including those listing both eye and back) were counted in full; section 10 compensation calculated at $12,672.00 less a credit for $11,604.00 advance resulted in net award of $1,068.…