SINGAPORE - A Singaporean who lost his mental capacity after a road traffic accident in Malaysia six years ago was awarded $4.75 million by the High Court in June. This might be the highest sum awarded so far by a court here to a Singaporean victim of an accident in Malaysia, said lawyer Raj Singh Shergill, who represented the victim,...
Mr Lim Chun Yong was a passenger in a car involved in a collision with a semi-trailer and another vehicle. Since then, he has needed full-time care.SINGAPORE - A Singaporean who lost his mental capacity after a road traffic accident in Malaysia six years ago was awarded $4.75 million by the High Court in June.
For Mr Shergill, success has come from championing the cause of the layperson against bigger entities in personal injury claims ranging from traffic accidents to medical negligence. Mr Shergill said the ranking was no small feat for him and his team, given the daunting challenges of taking on larger teams with deeper resources, in an area that appears undervalued compared with more lucrative commercial work.The accident on Feb 12, 2018, involved three vehicles in a chain collision along a stretch of highway about 270m from the Kempas Toll Plaza in Johor.
Following a 12-day High Court trial, Judicial Commissioner Alex Wong found the five defendants jointly and individually liable for Mr Lim's injuries. The judge awarded a total of more than $4.7 million in claims, which included $1.87 million for the cost of full-time care at a nursing home for Mr Lim.
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