Re: Glenbrook victims fight for compo

["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

Barry Campbell <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> David Bromage wrote in message ...
> >Victims of the Glenbrook train accident will take the State Government to
> >the Supreme Court today after rail authorities demanded that victims pass
> >a disability test before they are paid any compensation.
> >
> Can anyone tell me why the Motor Accidents Compensation Act rather than
> Common Law negligence applies in this case? Sorry, it's a bit confusing
for
> us in Queensland.

>From the way I understand it from what I saw in the paper and on TV, it's
because there's a cap and a "disability proof" requirement in MACA.. common
law would let the suits go anywhere... so it would probably work out cheaper
for the SRA to invoke that...

Al