Easy money? Try jumping in front of an on coming train and sue SMRT for $4mil.
Pardon me, who do you sue for 4mil after you have died when the train run over you?, it will be classified as unnatural death, & your descendants maybe sued for damages.
Easy money? Try jumping in front of an on coming train and sue SMRT for $4mil.
It's no longer a case of whether SMRT will pay or will not pay. SMRT will be sued and the decision to pay lies not with SMRT but with the courts.
If SMRT was deemed negligent for not providing safety barriers or staff on the platform even though they knew that size of the platform could not contain the usual crowd, or that they did nothing to regulate the number of commuters entering the station during peak hours, or that the frequency of the trains resulted in the accumulation of crowd, then Nong Than has a case regardless of her nationality.
If SMRT is compelled by the courts to pay a huge compensation, it will not open the floodgates. Instead it will force SMRT to improve their service and security measures.
The root of the problem is Singapore is not yet prepared for such a massive influx of foreigners. The transport system is simply unable to sustain the kind of population growth that the regime is generating.
Nong Than to sue S'pore
Published: 15/10/2011 at 07:34 PM
Online news:
SINGAPORE : Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, the 15-year-old school girl who lost her legs in a Singapore train accident, said on Saturday she intends to sue for S$4 million in compensation.
A Yahoo! News report from Singapore quoted the teenager as saying she has had legal advice during a visit to the city late last week with her father and sister.
The lawsuit against train operator SMRT could come within weeks, but negotiations are under way to seek an out-of-court settlement, according to Ms Nitcharee's lawyers.
Four million Singapore dollars is the equivalent of 97.2 million baht, or US$3.16 million.
The SMRT decided last month that it would pay no compensation to the Thai student, on the basis that the accident that cut off her legs was her own fault.
She and her family said she was pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming commuter train, and said there were not enough barricades to protect waiting passengers.
The report said the peppy teen was walking "normally" on prosthetic legs.
Earlier media reports said Nitcharee's family was suing SMRT for $3.4 million, which would cover the cost of her medical bills plus the prosthetic limbs she will need for the rest of her life. The family rejected SMRT's token offer of S$5,000, or 121,500 baht.
Nong Than to sue S'pore
Published: 15/10/2011 at 07:34 PM
Online news:
SINGAPORE : Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, the 15-year-old school girl who lost her legs in a Singapore train accident, said on Saturday she intends to sue for S$4 million in compensation.
A Yahoo! News report from Singapore quoted the teenager as saying she has had legal advice during a visit to the city late last week with her father and sister.
The lawsuit against train operator SMRT could come within weeks, but negotiations are under way to seek an out-of-court settlement, according to Ms Nitcharee's lawyers.
Four million Singapore dollars is the equivalent of 97.2 million baht, or US$3.16 million.
The SMRT decided last month that it would pay no compensation to the Thai student, on the basis that the accident that cut off her legs was her own fault.
She and her family said she was pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming commuter train, and said there were not enough barricades to protect waiting passengers.
The report said the peppy teen was walking "normally" on prosthetic legs.
Earlier media reports said Nitcharee's family was suing SMRT for $3.4 million, which would cover the cost of her medical bills plus the prosthetic limbs she will need for the rest of her life. The family rejected SMRT's token offer of S$5,000, or 121,500 baht.
Not only the Thai girl should sue MRT, all those whose relatives committed suicides on the track should come forward and sue the MRT!
But then, who suffers in the end? The citizens, because this MRT will only increase prices to fund the lawsuits.
This is an typcial example of high paying ministers and glc management sitting high up in the castle, collecting their millions and refusing to listen.
Easy money? Try jumping in front of an on coming train and sue SMRT for $4mil.
On grounds of negligence maybe possible. Despite the initial suicides, MRT did not build the barriers as suggested by many people. After that, more copycat suicides.I'm afraid the suicide cases have no grounds to sue SMRT.
Do you remember a few years back a sinkie teacher that just got married also fall down onto the ang mo kio tracks and died? Can her family sue too? How about that case in Yishun back in 1996 where the station while cleaning at the platform felt giddy and fell onto the track and got her foot sheared off by the train can she sue too?
Do you remember a few years back a sinkie teacher that just got married also fall down onto the ang mo kio tracks and died? Can her family sue too? How about that case in Yishun back in 1996 where the station while cleaning at the platform felt giddy and fell onto the track and got her foot sheared off by the train can she sue too?
Think possible if they get a good lawyer to build a case. The point is MRT did not do enough to ensure safety of commuters despite previous accidents and suicides. They could have just build the barriers but some stupid minister made some comments and everything brush aside. Can someone help dig this out?Do you remember a few years back a sinkie teacher that just got married also fall down onto the ang mo kio tracks and died? Can her family sue too? How about that case in Yishun back in 1996 where the station while cleaning at the platform felt giddy and fell onto the track and got her foot sheared off by the train can she sue too?
Think possible if they get a good lawyer to build a case.
I wouldn't call it a case of milking. They have the right to sue in a situation like that. I'm sure that the $4m figure is recommended by their legal adviser who in that position surely has to markup for the defendant to bargain.
On grounds of negligence maybe possible. Despite the initial suicides, MRT did not build the barriers as suggested by many people. After that, more copycat suicides.