Liability Risk and Insurance
Employer not liable where equipment deliberately misused
A workers on scaffolding tower, without outriggers or a complete set of guardrails, sought compensation from his employer
after it was tipped up and he suffered injuries. Because of conflicting presentation of claim, at first alleging it was the
deliberate action of his colleagues and later that he did not know the cause, he did not call expert evidence to show that
there might have been a different outcome had outriggers and rail been fitted.