TAC Claims - Recent Cases 
The price of a life of agony by the TAC - 27 January 2008
Can you put a price tag on a lifetime of pain and suffering? A value on the theft of an active, healthy life brimming with expectation and promise, now replaced by one of constant trauma? To view the article published in The Age it must be purchased, click here for more information.
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Fight for rights to care - 13 November 2007
Road to recovery from a horrific car accident is being hindered by battles with Traffic Accident Commission (TAC). To view the article published in the Whittlesea Leader - Melbourne click here.
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Ex-cop receives $1m compensation from TAC - September 2007
Slater & Gordon's Craig Sidebottom, who won the TAC payout, said he was sure there were many in Mr Patterson's position. To view the article published in The Herald Sun, Melbourne click here.
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Single Vehicle Collision - $750,000 TAC Payout - June 2007
Our client was a passenger in a single vehicle collision. The vehicle was driven by his friend who lost control and ran off the road colliding with a rock wall and overturning. Our client suffered severe spinal injuries and a fractured sternum that has so far required him to have five complex and unusual spinal operations and have caused ongoing neurological damage, which involved a complicated fusion of the vertebrae.
Our client was a fit and active carpenter prior to the accident who loved horse riding, golf, motorbike riding and waterskiing.
After initially denying liability, the TAC accepted liability on day four of the trial, although they continued to contest the amount of damages to be awarded to our client.
After a six day trial the jury of the Ballarat Supreme Court awarded $750,000 damages to our client for economic loss and pain and suffering.
To view the article "$750,000 awarded after car crash" published in the Ballarat Courier click here.
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TAC forced to continue ongoing payment of wages - June 2007
Under the TAC law, a person’s entitlement to wages ends 3 years after the accident, unless their level of the impairment has been assessed at 50% or higher. A person's entitlement to ongoing wages is then subject to a review by the TAC at intervals of no less than every 5 years.
After suffering significant injuries in a motor vehicle accident in 1993, our client was assessed in 1998 as having a level of impairment of 51%. Then, after a review by the TAC in 2006, our client's level of impairment was assessed at 45%, in so doing his TAC wages were stopped.
After an appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and a 4-day hearing needing the client and medical practitioners to give evidence to support his case, our client successfully fought the TAC's decision, with the Tribunal finding that our client's level of impairment was still 50%, thus continuing his ongoing TAC wages.