SINGAPORE: Thai teenager Nitcharee Pen-eakchanasakm, who lost both
her legs in an accident at the Ang Mo Kio MRT station on 3 April
2011, has had her claims of negligence dismissed with costs.
Nitcharee had sued train operator SMRT and the Land Transport
Authority for negligence.
In his judgement on Thursday, Judicial Commissioner Vinodh
Coomaraswamy said that while Nitcharee's injuries are undoubtedly
tragic, the law of negligence awards compensation based on a
defendant's culpability, and not simply the harm suffered by the
plaintiff.
The judge also found that Ang Mo Kio
station was "reasonably safe" at the time Nitcharee suffered her
injuries. - Why the F
now erected barriers?
As a result, the defendants -- SMRT and LTA -- are not liable in
negligence for those injuries
Waste of money fighting with Temasek
link company
By right, the train station before PSD are up is rather
safe for the standard in UK/US. You go see other worldwide's train
station, not all have any PSD.
