Category Archives for Case Studies
Case Study – The Motorised Bicycle
Hendricks v El-Dik & Insurance Australia Limited T/AS NRMA Insurance (No 4) [2016] ACTSC 160 This decision involved a Plaintiff cyclist who was injured when he was struck by a motor vehicle driven by the First Defendant. The Plaintiff had been cycling home from his workplace. His route took him along a cycle path which […]
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R v Osborne [2014] QCA 291
Dangerous driving causing death and grievous bodily harm In R v Osborne the Court considered the culpability of a truck driver who struck and killed one cyclist and caused serious injuries amounting to grievous bodily harm to two other cyclists. The 65 year old truck driver had no previous convictions and only a minor traffic […]
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Simmons v Rockdale City Council (2013) 65 MVR 141
A Popular Cycling Route and the Boom Gate The Plaintiff was a competitive cyclist who was out on an early morning training ride. The Plaintiff’s ride took him along Riverside Drive in front of the St George Sailing Club (the Club), where he collided with a closed boom gate and sustained serious injuries. The boom […]
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Case Study – Cyclist v Unidentified Vehicle
Cordin v Nominal Defendant Cordin v Nominal Defendant is a decision out of the District Court of NSW. The Court awarded the Plaintiff cyclist $350,000 in damages for the injuries he sustained after he fell from his bicycle. It was alleged by the Plaintiff cyclist that as he was applying his brakes in the […]
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Case Study- Cyclist v Cyclist
FRANKLIN V BLICK Franklin v Blick is a decision out of the Supreme Court of the ACT. Here, the court awarded the Plaintiff cyclist $1.6 million in damages after another cyclist caused him to fall from his bicycle and be run over by a passing motor vehicle. The two cyclists were travelling home from […]
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