Serious Injury Manual
1 - Introduction
2 - The serious injury gateways
3 - Work-related and transport-related injury
4 - Meaning of serious injury
4.1 - What is the injury and what is the impairment?
4.2 - Is the injury permanent or long term?
4.3 - Is the injury a serious injury?
4.3.1 - Pain and suffering
4.3.2 - Economic Loss
4.3.3 - Disentangling physical and mental consequences of an injury
4.3.4 - Disentangling the consequences of multiple injuries
4.3.5 - Extent of leave
5 - Assessing credit
6 - Effect of statutory compensation payments and estoppel
7 - Expert evidence
8 - Referral to medical panels
9 - Assessment of physical injuries (AMA Guides)
10 - Adequacy of reasons
11 - Timing issues
12 - Juries and serious injury trials
13 - Rules relating to damages
14 - Rules relating to costs
Index
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