Personal Injury Case Note: Muradi v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2022] NSWPICMP 59

Review Panel: Principal Member John Harris, Dr Ian Cameron and Dr Trudy Rebbeck

Important takeaways:

• The Review Panel had regard to various studies addressing annular tears and determined that although the accident could have caused an annular tear, it did not cause the Claimant's annular tear.
  
• The Review Panel considered that the Claimant's symptoms were more likely attributable to damage to other musculoskeletal structures and psychological distress, than the annular tears.

Facts

The matter of Muradi v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2022] NSWPICMP 59 involved a 23-year-old Claimant who was thrown off his motorbike after being rear-ended by the Insured vehicle.