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A Townsville man has been successful in a $2.5 million lawsuit for a head-on collision car which left him with debilitating physical and mental injuries, a Rockhampton court has heard.
The trial was conducted at the Supreme Court in Rockhampton over five days in February and an order was delivered on March 25.
Justice Graeme Crow ordered RACQ Insurance Limited to pay Blaise Allen, 49, a sum of $2,499,399.69 for damages in personal injury for physical and psychological injuries, loss of economic opportunities in employment wages and for future and past care and assistance.
The decision document detailed the accident which occurred in January 2015.
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Subscriber only A Townsville man has been successful in a $2.5 million lawsuit for a head-on collision car which left him with debilitating physical and mental injuries, a Rockhampton court has heard. The trial was conducted at the Supreme Court in Rockhampton over five days in February and an order was delivered on March 25. Justice Graeme Crow ordered RACQ Insurance Limited to pay Blaise Allen, 49, a sum of $2,499,399.69 for damages in personal injury for physical and psychological injuries, loss of economic opportunities in employment wages and for future and past care and assistance. The decision document detailed the accident which occurred in January 2015.
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A man busted with a lunch box full of drugs led police on a foot-chase after they had intercepted the vehicle he was travelling in.
Brendan James Rafter, 36, was busted possessing 9.181g of MDMA and 7.405g of methamphetamines after police intercepted a vehicle at Pialba on February 4, 2020.
Rafter was a passenger in the vehicle driven by a female who pulled over for police.
Justice Graeme Crow said Rafter struggled with police after a chase.
He was arrested and taken to the Hervey Bay Police Station.
Rafter had a blue lunch box in his possession and inside were clip-seal bags of meth, MDMA and ecstasy, along with a tick sheet, $3291 in cash and an extended baton.
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Subscriber only A tradie who feared a COVID-19 lockdown without drugs purchased more than five grams of methamphetamines from multiple sources to stockpile and use during lockdown. Reece Adam Vaughan, 30, was busted by police in possession of nine clip-seal bags containing various amounts of meth when they searched his home in Bargara, south of Bundaberg, on May 26, 2020. He pleaded guilty on March 31 in the Supreme Court in Rockhampton to one count of possessing dangerous drug in excess of two grams, one possess a dangerous drug and one possess drug utensils. Crown prosecutor Elise Sargent said some were in street level saleable quantities.