Catchwords
Torts – Negligence – Psychiatric injury – Employee killed in workplace accident – Whether employer owed duty of care to children of deceased employee – Whether reasonable care required to guard against the risk of psychiatric injury – Whether duty existed at common law – Whether the existence of duty was negated by s 4(1)(b) of Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (NSW).
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (NSW) – s 4(1)(b).
Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) – s 151P.