'Glad we can move on': $170k compensation for girl who lost finger in Ion Orchard toilet hand dryer

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'Glad we can move on': $170k compensation for girl who lost finger in Ion Orchard toilet hand dryer
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SINGAPORE — It was a Monday evening in December four years ago when the Chia family was out for dinner at Ion Orchard. Nick Chia heard screaming from the mall's toilet that his three daughters and the helper were in and knew something was wrong. He did not imagine that his five-year-old daughter Kara would place her hand in the...

In 2021, Kara Chia's index finger was severed after she placed her hand in a hand dryer of a toilet at Ion Orchard.SINGAPORE — It was a Monday evening in December four years ago when the Chia family was out for dinner at Ion Orchard.

Through lawyer Raj Singh Shergill of Lee Shergill, the girl's father had sought compensation for pain and suffering, medical and caregiving expenses, and the cost of future treatment, including prosthetic fittings which need replacing every few years.The out-of-court settlement for the negligence lawsuit was reached through a full-day mediation between the parties last September. The court's approval was required for the settlement because the plaintiff is a minor.

"I also have to commend the insurer and Ion for ultimately doing what's right and not repeating everything and dragging this into court, because it will just lengthen the entire process." According to the affidavit, in the months after the incident, Kara was often jolted awake by recurrent nightmares and could not go to sleep on her own.She frequently retold at bedtime the sequence of events that led to the accident, and whenever she saw an ambulance on the road. She also re-enacted the incident in a game with her best friend, with the objective of not letting her fingers get stuck, according to court documents.

In another instance, Kara held and admired her three-year-old sister's hand, saying: "Mei mei's hand is so pretty right?"

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