THRESHOLD INJURY CASE SETTLES $2.1M!
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- 24 Nov 2025
One of the favourite tactics used by insurance companies to try and close the books on claims is to decide that the injuries are “threshold” and therefore the injured person is not entitled to any further compensation after 12 months.
If this has happened to you, please ensure you get advice before simply accepting the decision as very often these decisions can be overturned.
I had a recent case where an injured person came to me after the insurance company had determined that his injuries were threshold and cut him off from receiving all further payments.
I said I thought that wasn’t right and challenged the decision in the Personal Injury Commission. The Commission agreed with me and the insurance company had to reinstate all payments.
Better still, because his injuries had been found on appeal to be “non-threshold”, he was eligible to bring a claim for common law damages.
Later I settled his claim for common law damages for $2.1M which only goes to show when it comes to insurance companies never take “no” for an answer.
Always get advice. You never know what we may be able to do.