Australia, May 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement:
The application before the court
The plaintiff, a nurse employed at Bankstown Hospital, brought proceedings for work injury damages after she was assaulted and seriously injured by a patient at around midnight on Christmas Day, 25 December 2017. I gave judgment for the plaintiff on 22 March 2024, awarding damages which have been agreed at $2,130,462.00 (Chopra v NSW Health Service - South Western Sydney Local Health District [2024] NSWDC 76).
Pursuant to s 151M of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) ("the Act"), the plaintiff seeks interest the mathematical total of which is agreed at $91,152.75. The defendant opposes the application...