The Courier
13/03/2009
THE parents of the teenager killed at Ballarat Goldfields in December are
suing their son's former employer. Noel and Karen Tuddenham are named
as plaintiffs in court documents lodged with the County Court.
Buninyong-based engineering company Midwest Civil is named as the
defendant.
Mr and Mrs Tuddenham are seeking compensation over the death of their
son Damien Patrick Tuddenham, who was 17 when he was killed on
December 11, last year after being struck by a truck at the Woolshed
Gully gold mine.
The documents, prepared for the Tuddenhams by solicitor Justin Burke
state that a claim for compensation was made on February 9 and that the
claim was acknowledged on February 13 by the Victorian WorkCover
Authority.
The claim seeks compensation pursuant to provisions of the Accident
Compensation Act, and payment for funeral and medical expenses,
interest and costs.
It also states that "at all times the plaintiffs were partly dependent on
the earnings of the deceased".
A date for a hearing in the County Court has not been set.
Damien Tuddenham was working on the surface of the mine near a tailings
storage facility when the accident happened.
He was to have turned 18 this year and planned to buy a Holden ute.
A Holden ute conveyed him from his funeral service in December.
Damien Tuddenham's death was one of 21 workplace deaths in Victoria
last year. Of the deaths, 11 occurred in regional areas.
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