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Catastrophic claims is the area of legal practice that is concerned with major injuries requiring ongoing treatment and allegedly resulting primarily from the negligence of another party. Given that such severe injuries can occasion both drastic reductions in earning capacity and extensive and often specialised treatments, catastrophic claims cases often bear a high financial stake.
Examples of injuries commonly comprising catastrophic claims cases include:
- Severe brain injury resulting in substantial loss of function
- Severe spinal injury causing full or partial paralysis
- Loss of hearing or vision
- Injury to limbs necessitating amputation
- Severe burns
Legal practitioners involved in this area of law will often specialise to act for either persons who they allege suffered catastrophic injury, or the organisations that are claimed to have been responsible for the impairment (and their insurers).
Two cornerstones of catastrophic claims are the assessment of liability, with cases usually resulting from alleged circumstances of either public or industrial liability, and the determination of value, as the myriad of financial implications as a result of such an injury are considered.
At the bottom of this profile are brief details of a number of the experts that Expert Experts represents. Call our office to discuss your requirements and to obtain a recommendation that suits your needs and budget.
What Expert EvidenceAs catastrophic claims often rest on complicated questions of liability and the extent of injuries, the opinions of experts are regularly sought. These experts generally have extensive experience in the relevant field.
Catastrophic claims can arise from:
- Work place accidents
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Aviation accidents
- Slip-and-falls
- Negligence of medical practitioners
This variety of circumstances is reflected by the experts engaged in the area, with specialties ranging from accident reconstruction and engineering concepts to industrial cleaning procedures and toxic exposure.
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CostThe overall cost of expert opinion depends on the services required. Some of the key factors that affect the cost of advice include:
- The need for a view or inspection of a location
- The quantity of documentary material to be reviewed
- Whether there are reports of other experts to be reviewed and commented on in detail
- Whether there is a need for conferences with the expert either in person or by telephone/Skype
- Ergonomics - Biomechanical assessment
- Work Health & Safety – Taxi, hire cars, ride sharing, limousines
- Ergonomics - Slips, trips and falls
- Sport - Swimming
- Ergonomics - Ladders and elevated work platforms (EWP)
- Animals - Clinical ethology
- Engineering - Ceramic
- Sport - Motor racing
- Work health safety - Manufacturing
- Engineering - Materials science - analysis and investigation
- Business - Insurance broking
- Animals - Dogs
- Medical negligence - Laparoscopic surgery
- Work health safety - Pharmaceutical
- Sport - Water skiing and jet skiing
- Ergonomics - Sports injuries
- Sport - Snow skiing / alpine sports and recreation
- Sport - Acrobatics
- Ergonomics - WHS standards
- Ergonomics - Earth moving / earth moving equipment
- Medical - Orthopaedic surgery
- Sport - Judo
- Engineering - Playgrounds, parks and play equipment
- Medical negligence - Emergency
- Animals - Horses
- Work Health & Safety – Metal Fabrication
- Medical - Vascular
- Ergonomics - Aviation
- Work health safety - Mine / quarry investigations
- Medical negligence - Maternal fetal medicine
- Health - Occupational therapy
- Engineering - Traffic design
- Ergonomics - Lifting and exertion
- Ergonomics - Safety science
- Engineering - Truck accidents
- Engineering - Bicycle, motorbike, quad bike accidents
- Health - Ear, nose and body piercing
- Building - Demolition
- Sport - Roping / climbing
- Professional Standards/Negligence - Medical - Hospital care management
- Work Health and Safety – Trees (monitoring, maintenance, lopping)
- Medical - Addiction
- Medical - Industrial treatment and training
- Medical - Burns and scars
- Water safety and rescue - Boat, ship and vessel safety
- Engineering - Elevating work platforms (EWP)
- Engineering - Smoke detectors
- Pharmacology / toxicology - Marine
- Engineering - Scaffolding
- Science - Environmental disasters
- Medical - Sports
- Medical - Rehabilitation
- Work health safety - Security
- Medical - Hepatic
- Science - CCTV / surveillance
- Engineering - Waste and recycling
- Work health safety - Nursing
- Engineering - Automotive
- Engineering - Vehicle fires
- Trades - Electrical
- Medical - General surgery
- Science - Food-borne infections
- Ergonomics - Eye protection
- Work health safety - Police, prisons, corrective services
- Medical - Neurosurgery
- Health - Nursing
- Health - Facial treatments
- Ergonomics - Manual handling
- Medical - Dentistry
- Engineering - Toxicology, dangerous goods
- Health - Laser, IPL and wax hair removal
- Health - Eye enhancements
- Work Health & Safety – Carpentry, cabinet making, timber work
- Medical negligence - General practice
- Work health safety - Residential group homes (youth)
- Engineering - Building and construction
- Building - Roof structures / trusses
- Medical negligence - Ophthalmology
- Work Health & Safety – Meat Processing, Abattoir, Slaughterhouse, Beef, Fish, Pork
- Medical - Paediatric rehabilitation
- Work health safety - HAZMAT, chemicals, dangerous goods
- Trades - Gas installation and supply
- Medical - Radiology
- Work health safety - Workplace bullying
- Engineering - Mines / mining
- Medical - Neurology
- Science - Environmental microbiology
- Work health safety - Workplace risks
- Engineering - Chemical
- Medical - Virology
- Engineering - Amusement parks and rides
- Engineering - Plant construction
- Engineering - Aerospace
- Work Health & Safety – Animal control
- Engineering - Cranes
- Medical - Plastic surgery
- Building - Construction standards
- Trades - Boilermaking
- Building - Waterproofing
- Engineering - Ladders
- Science - Geology
- Medical - Cerebral palsy
- Engineering - Control systems
- Engineering - Forklifts
- Medical - Microbiology
- Psychology - Clinical Neuropsychology
- Ergonomics - Toxic substances, smoke, fumes, gases and dangerous goods
- Engineering - Metallurgy
- Engineering - Coastal / ocean
- Engineering - Stormwater construction
- Engineering - Mechanical
- Work Health & Safety – Places of public entertainment
- Medical - Psychiatry
- Engineering - Civil and structural
- Engineering - Gas supply, construction
- Engineering - Electrical
- Ergonomics - Noise and hearing
- Ergonomics – Attendant and domestic care services
- Engineering - Electrical shocks/burns (personal Injury)
- Work health safety - Alcohol / drugs
- Engineering - Mechatronics
- Medical - Emergency
- Science - Biomechanics and injury investigation
- Engineering - Acoustic
- Medical - Intoxication
- Business - Dangerous goods, restricted products
- Trades - Motor vehicle repair
- Engineering - Marine
- Medical - Toxicology
- Medical - Pain Medicine
- Education - Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
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