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$12m Tas payout includes eye tracking tech

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A record $12 million Tasmanian compensation payout includes funds for state-of-the-art eye tracking technology that one day might help a brain-damaged quadriplegic woman communicate with her carers.

Briton Holly Raper, 27, was injured when she fell from a quad bike while working on a King Island dairy farm in 2011 and the Tasmanian Supreme Court this week finalised her civil claim by awarding her $12.2 million, including more than $830,000 for funds management.

Justice Stephen Estcourt's final judgment, published on Wednesday, includes more than $31,000 for Tobii Eyegaze assessment, which is hoped to one day help Ms Raper to answer questions through the movement she has retained in one eye.

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Ms Raper's legal costs of more than $1 million are also to be settled by the farm owner's insurance company, with a final figure yet to be reached.

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