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Phillip Forostenko was a fit and active father-of-two, with another child on the way, when an injury on Christmas Day in 2017 changed his life forever. Now, he’s successfully taken a company to court over it. The Brisbane dad, then 41, arrived at his sister’s home about lunchtime to discover she’d made an exciting new purchase — a Springfree trampoline. As an experienced and enthusiastic user and owner of trampolines, so Forostenko climbed on to try it out.
The physiotherapist was unable to perform the full duties of his role until a month later, but continued to take time off due to pain. He told the court he continues to “suffer considerable ongoing pain” and has had to modify his work to suit. His emotional state has also been impacted by the injury, and he feels he is now a “different person”. Company at fault There were no relevant safety warnings on the trampoline, Forostenko said.
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