S'porean sues for $9.2m
THE Singapore couple left their Marsiling home at 4am and headed for Cameron Highlands during a heavy downpour.
But a horrific car accident some three hours later along the North-South Highway in Malaysia has left the woman wheelchair-bound since April 2005.
Madam Christina Lau, 36, sued her husband and the car insurers in Malaysia for a total of $9.2 million. The civil suit, originally set for three days in a Seremban Sessions court last week but adjourned to early next year, is believed to be one of the largest claims for a personal injury suit in Malaysia.
Insurers for the car driven by Madam Lau's husband, Mr Foo Chee Kean, 36, are disputing the claims and argue that a second Malaysian car involved in the collision was to blame.
In the mishap, which occurred at about 6.45am near Seremban, Mr Foo is said to have lost control of the car, which spun around and hit a metal road railing.
He had apparently driven over a pothole covered by a puddle of water in the heavy rain, which caused the car to skid. Another car rammed into the rear of the car and his wife, who was in the back seat, sustained injuries to her neck, leg and hand.
--ST
wasn't there a similar case few months ago.. wife suing the husband for insurance money.
one way to look at it is so long as the guy has no criminal negligence and there is money to be gotten... why not?