Qld festival injury ends with $6000 compo

A woman has been awarded $6000 after a light stand fell and struck her at a Queensland folk festival, despite seeking about 50 times that amount in personal injury compensation.

Elizabeth Ann Findlay, 53, was in a tent at the Woodford Folk Festival on New Years Day in 2008 when a light stand fell and hit her on the head.

She later launched legal action seeking almost $300,000 in total damages, claiming she'd suffered post-concussional syndrome and psychological injury, amongst other things, as a result of the incident.

While admitting responsibility for the accident, four defendants including the 2008 event organiser and operator Queensland Folk Federation, had a different view of the extent of her injuries.

"They admit only that she suffered from a bruise and scratch on her forehead," District Court Judge David Reid's judgment read.

After considering her medical history, Judge Reid found there was only one explicit reference to the Woodford incident regarding a concussion in doctor's notes from September 2008 during a 12-month period.

He said this suggested Ms Findlay did not "ascribe any significance" to the injury after about March of that year.

He also found her argument she'd constantly brought it up with medical and Centrelink staff - and they'd simply not recorded it - to be "deliberately dishonest".

"In my view those records also do not support the plaintiff's view that on 1 January 2008 she had a life changing accident with serious symptoms continuously thereafter," he wrote, noting he strongly suspected her symptoms were entirely psychological.