Hard braking cost SBS Transit $82,000
SBS Transit was ordered to pay $82,000 in compensation to a
woman who has difficulty walking after she fell on a service 372
bus.
The incident happened on April 28, 2004. The woman was sitting
opposite her sister in a four-seater seat. The bus was travelling
along Compassvale Drive when the driver suddenly slammed hard on
the brakes while approaching a traffic light.
The impact caused the woman to be thrown off her seat. She
lurched forward and hit her sister's knees. She suffered tenderness
on her chest, wrists, right ankle, right shoulder and swelling and
tenderness on her left ankle.
The woman told the court that she did not inform the driver
immediately after the incident as she was scared of the bus driver
who had driven in such a dangerous manner.
In its defence, SBS Transit denied the incident had happened and
that it was a fake story the woman had made up.
When the bus driver took the stand, he said he could not recall
the incident and that he came to know about it only when he was
called up by his employer following the woman's complaint. But the
bus driver admitted in court he later received a police warning
over it.
SBS Transit initially offered the woman $3,500 in 2004 but she
rejected the amount and filed a suit 3 years later after her
condition showed no improvement.
Long story cut short, although the woman won the case, she was
unhappy with the amount awarded and is appealing to get more
money.
Source: The New Paper, 5 Aug 2010
Add on: The New Paper today reported the same woman and her sis
are banned from shopping at NTUC Fairprice after they made 19
complaints against them within 1 and a half years. I think she got
a problem
