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Ethan James

Court rules terminally ill woman can access payout

An order that prevented the release of compensation to a terminally ill woman has been lifted. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

A child sexual abuse survivor with only months to live can receive a million-dollar payout after a court lifted an order stopping her from accessing the money.

The woman, who has a terminal condition, was in April awarded $1.6 million in damages after suing her former schoolteacher for sexually abusing her.

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