The government agreed to pay 70% of his damages which came to $266,000. It should be noted that large personal injury awards in Singapore are no reason to celebrate. Often, the large amounts are needed to pay for medicine and nursing care for the rest of one's life. On the other hand, I personally know of a Singaporean who made over $700,000 suing a US company in a US court for his injuries incurred in an aircrash in Indonesia. He is mobile and seems to be living a normal life.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Cases of suits against government
A motorcyclist, Mr Selvanaikam Mathalamuthu, was severely injured at paralysed at the Woodlands Checkpoint abou a year ago. A metal gate under Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) control had suddenly swung open and knocked him off his motorcycle.
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