CANBERRA, Australia—Australia's highest court on Wednesday
denied worker's compensation to a bureaucrat who was injured
while having sex in a motel room during a business trip.  The
judgment is a final decision, reversing lower court rulings, and
could have ramifications for other federal employees who claim
compensation for unconventional work-related mishaps.  The 4-1
decision from the High Court said the woman's employer did not
induce or encourage her to participate in the sex, so the
federal government insurer, Comcare, was not liable to
compensate her. The lower court said the woman was injured in
the course of her employment and should be compensated.  The
woman cannot be identified for legal reasons. She was a federal
civil servant in her 30s when she was hospitalized for the
injury in 2007. She and a man were having sex in her motel room
when a glass light fitting above the bed fell onto her face,
injuring her nose and mouth. She later suffered depression and
was unable to continue working for the go