Lol! Wonders shall never end. Please read this story below and tell me if this woman really deserves to be compensated.
A woman who was injured while having sex in a Australian hotel during a work trip has won the latest round in her legal battle for industrial compensation.
The woman, who was a public servant, was in bed with a friend at a hotel in Nowra, 100 miles south of her hometown of Sydney, when the incident happened.
She suffered injuries to her nose and mouth when a light fitting above the bed was ripped from its mount and landed on her face.
She subsequently suffered depression and was unable to continue in her job as a civil servant.
Her claim for worker's compensation for her physical and psychological injuries was initially approved by government insurer Comcare, then rejected after further investigation.
The case initially went before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which found the injury occurred during an "interval or interlude" consisting of "the evening of the two days the applicant was away for work".
Initially the tribunal found that the woman had to show that the sexual activity which led to her injury had been expressly or impliedly induced or encouraged by her employer.
The government insurer Comcare claimed the injuries were not suffered in the course of her employment, and they were therefore not required to pay any damages. They argued the government had not induced or encouraged the woman's sexual conduct.
However, that ruling was overturned in the Federal Court, when Judge John Nicholas rejected the tribunal's findings that the sex had to be condoned by the government if she were to qualify for compensation.
Does she deserve to be compensated?
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