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The parents of a toddler who died in excruciating pain from severe burns after being held under scalding water as punishment for soiling her nappy have been jailed.
Two-year-old Maddilyn-Rose Stokes would have screamed in agony as she was held under burning water by her father on May 20, 2017, the court was told.
The water scalded her back, between her legs, and only the balls and heels of her feet escaped the steaming water.
Shane David Stokes, 33, and Nicole Betty Moore, 26 pleaded guilty to the two-year-old s torture and manslaughter and failing to seek medical attention in the Queensland Supreme Court.
Stokes, 33, admitted causing the injuries that, untreated, developed third-degree, full-thickness burns.
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In brief - Queensland Supreme Court finds that, in the
circumstances, an excess policy was a marine policy subject to the
Marine Insurance Act
Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) does not apply to
contracts to which the
This was a critical issue considered by Justice Bond in the
Supreme Court of Queensland late in 2020 in the case of
The issue considered in this case is one which insurers are
often required to consider but which rarely reaches the courts for
consideration.
Court considers whether the excess policy was a marine policy