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May 10th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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The High Court has agreed to hear a case involving a public servant who is claiming compensation for an injury she received while having sex on a work trip.
Insurer Comcare is challenging the woman’s entitlement to compensation.
She was hurt when a light fitting fell on her while she was having sex in a motel room in regional New South Wales.
She had travelled to the town as part of her job for a Federal Government agency.
Comcare initially allowed the claim, but then reversed the decision.
After a long legal battle, the full bench of the Federal Court eventually ruled the woman was entitled to the claim because she was injured at accommodation where her employer had encouraged her to stay.
Comcare is challenging that, asking the High Court to clarify whether the Federal Court’s ruling was sufficient in determining what falls within the course of employment.
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courts-and-trials,
law-crime-and-justice,
act,
australia
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Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-10/public-servant-sex-compo-case-to-reach-high-court/4682702
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