A boy who has been left brain damaged after being sucked down the drain at the elite Anglican Southport School on the Gold Coast, won a $9.6 million compensation payout in court.
Myles Hill's family launched legal action in the Supreme Court last year against the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane, seeking damages over the incident that has left him needing 24 hour care, AAP reported.
The Year 7 boarder was sucked into an uncovered drain on the school grounds in February 2003 and swept about 400m down a pipe into a river. He was submerged for about eight minutes, suffering severe brain injury.
Late last month the parties reached a compromise, which was sanctioned on Tuesday in the Supreme Court in Brisbane, on the amount Myles will receive.
The family has previously alleged The Southport School breached its duty of care by allowing Myles to play on the flooded sports field, however, no liability has been admitted as part of the compromise.
"In order to sanction the compromise (Justice Roslyn Atkinson) had to be satisfied ... that the compromise was in Myles' best interest," said barrister Tim Matthews, adding that the settlement would come as a "great relief" to the Hill family.
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