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Payout to brother of Kerang rail disaster victim. Brother of victim accepts crash deal.

Sunraysia Daily 31.07.2010

The brother of a Kerang rail disaster victim has reached a six-figure settlement with the insurer of truck driver Christian Scholl. Rodney McMonnies, of Wemen, sued Mr Scholl for nervous shock and loss of earnings that he suffered after his brother Geoff and niece Rose were killed in the June 2007 accident.

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Finally, our children can rest in peace, says mother of two children killed by driver.

Herald Sun 4.12.09

The mother of two teens killed by driver Thomas Towle when he ploughed into a group of youngsters felt like a "champion boxer" when he lost his appeal against a 10-year jail sentence. "It's the best I've felt in a couple of years. Danny Green had a win last night, and I had a win today," Kerry Prowse said. "And it was all over in about a minute."

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Big Pay Out

Sunraysia Daily 22.09.09
By Allan Murphy

Millions of dollars in compensation has been awarded to the surviving victims of the 2006 Cardross car accident. All civil claims against the Transport Accident Commission over the accident in which six teenagers were killed have now been settled out of court.

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Driver did it

Sunraysia Daily 7.08.09
By Allan Murphy

An unknown driver contributed to the death of a man in Mildura almost four years ago, a jury has found. The Supreme Court jury late yesterday found the mystery driver was negligent when he was in charge of a car from which Luke Ryan Shaw fell and sustained critical injuries in 2005.

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Act with your head

Sunraysia Daily 6.08.09
By Allan Murphy

A Supreme Court jury has been asked to award "fair and responsible" damages to the mother of a man who was killed in unexplained circumstances in Mildura almost four years ago.
The jury is today expected to begin considering a verdict in the civil claim against the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) by Jennifer Shaw whose son Luke Ryan Shaw was found unconscious and lying in a pool of blood in Ninth Street in October 2005.

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"Son's death crushed mum"

Sunraysia Daily 5.08.09

Mystery circumstances play on mother's mind every day...

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"Hard on mother" - court told

Sunraysia Daily 4.08.09 Not knowing the circumstances surrounding the death of a Red Cliffs man in 2005 was a significant barrier in the psychological recovery of his mother.... back to top

"Many ideas on Shaw death"

Sunraysia Daily 31.07.09

There was a wealth of possible scenarios for the 2005 death of a man in Mildura, a forensic specialist yesterday told the Supreme Court of Victoria sitting in Mildura...

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"Not a hit and run"

Sunraysia Daily 30.07.09

Evidence gathered in an investigation into the unexplained death of a man in Mildura in 2005 provided a "whole different scenario" to a hit and run accident, the Supreme Court of Victoria sitting in Mildura was told yesterday...

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"Lots of rumors"

Sunraysia Daily 29.07.09

A family held on to hope that "very distressing" rumors circulating about the death of their son and brother in 2005 would reveal how he died...

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"Sure Luke was fine"

Sunraysia Daily 28.07.09

The mother of a young Red Cliffs man whose death remains unexplained has told how she believed her son would survive despite suffering critical head injuries...

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Kerang crash haunts Vicky

Sunraysia Daily 24.07.09

The sounds of the trains shunting directly opposite Vicky Winkel's Merbein home continue to haunt her...

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Kerang crash victim settles with insurer

Herald Sun 23.07.09

A SURVIVOR of the Kerang train disaster has settled a payout with the insurer of the truck driver involved. Vicki Winkel is the first of eight passengers seriously injured in the crash to receive compensation for lost earnings and pain and suffering.

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Local lawyer takes TAC head on

Sunraysia Daily 23.7.08

A TRIAL to determine a compensation claim over the Cardross car accident in which six teenagers were killed could set a precedent for future civil action, according to the plaintiff's lawyer, Shane Ryan of Ryan Legal. However, Mr Ryan said yesterday that the remaining unsettled claims were all individual and complex and required detailed examination.

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A great loss can shine a light on what is most important

Sunraysia Daily 30.6.09

DEATH comes in many forms and affects us in different ways. Soldiers and civilians are killed and maimed in war zones, thousands die in tsunamis and droughts and many more die of diseases. Such suffering, loss and pain, while appalling and distressful, is seen for the majority of us from a distance ó viewed on the nightly news, heard on the radio or read about in the morning paper.

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Train crash survivor robbed of life

Herald Sun 26.06.09

Lucky to be alive, but daily facing the demons the crash unleashed, Mrs Winkel is one of the most seriously injured survivors of the disaster that killed 11 people...

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Family suing hit-run driver

Sunday Herald Sun 21.06.09

A CALLOUS hit-run driver, whose family helped cover up his involvement in a young man's death, is being sued for compensation. James Donnelly was a promising arts student when he was mowed down by Phillip Josefski while walking home from a party in Canterbury.

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Driver sued

Sunraysia Daily 15.06.09

Not guilty, now the Kerang crash driver pursued through civil action...

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Acquitted Kerang driver faces civil suits

The Australian 15.06.09

The legal battles of Christian Scholl, the truck driver who in 2007 ploughed into a V/line passenger train at Kerang, killing 11 people, are not over despite his acquittal on all criminal charges...

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Train disaster

Herald Sun 14.06.09

Cleared Kerang truck driver Christian Scholl will now be sued by a coalition of victims from the disaster...

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Sister sues killer driver

Herald Sun 6.12.08
By Melissa Iaria and Mariza O'Keefe

The sister of two teenagers killed when a car hit a group of young party-goers in northwest Victoria is suing the driver for psychological injuries. Shane and Abby Hirst were among six teenagers killed when Thomas Towle drove his car into them near Mildura on February 18, 2006.

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Towle 'NO'

By Allan Murphy

Thomas Graham Towle, the driver of a car that ploughed into a group of Sunraysia teenagers killing six of them, has lost his bid to appeal against his 10-year jail term. Lawyers for Towle, formerly of Red Cliffs, yesterday unsuccessfully applied in the Court of Appeal to challenge his sentence handed down by Justice Philip Cummins in March this year.

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Death crash payouts

Sunday Herald Sun 16.11.08

The devastated relatives of six teenagers killed in a horrific Mildura crash are pursuing multi-million-dollar claims against the deadly driver...

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Cardross compo deal

Sunraysia Daily 06.09.08

A compensation claim by the father of a teenager killed in the Cardross car accident two years ago has been settled out of court...

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Stevie-Lee father to sue Towle

By Allan Murphy 19.7.08

The father of one of the six children killed in the 2006 Cardross car accident will pursue a damages claim against the driver of the car in the Mildura Supreme Court next month. Stevie-Lee Weight, 15, was among the victims killed when a car driven by Thomas Graham Towle crashed into a group of teenagers near the corner of Myall Street and Boobook Avenue on the evening of February 18, 2006.

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Dad sues transport panel

The Australian 19.07.08

The father of a 15-year-old girl killed when a car ploughed into a group of teenagers as they were leaving a 16th birthday party is suing the driver...

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Dad sues for $1m

Herald Sun 19.07.08

The devastated father of a teenager killed by driver Thomas Towle will have to fight his million-dollar compensation claim in the Supreme Court of Mildura next month...

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Court and bowled. Ace batsman sues over Ashes exercises.

Herald Sun 3.07.08

Sheffield Shield legend Jamie Siddons is suing Cricket Australia for compensation — because he hurt himself throwing cricket balls. Siddons claims he seriously injured his right shoulder on the 2005 Ashes tour of England. The former ace batsman was then Australia's assistant coach, and would spend hours in the nets with the team.

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