28YO Pillion Rider Sues Motorcyclist Friend For Accident & Gets $872K

“Hey bro, going same direction right. Give me a lift la.”

Usually, as a broke guy who just exited the army, I pester my friends who are already driving to give me a convenient ride home.

Often, it ends in me thanking them and perhaps buying them a drink to return the favour another day.

Unfortunately in this instance, it seems like the one paying back is the person who was giving a ride.

Compensation

A 28-year-old man has successfully sued his friend for $872, 000 in a negligence lawsuit over a road accident.

Since it is a very substantial sum of money, it is quite obvious that the plaintiff has suffered grievous injury.

The 28-year-old man, Mr Danial Syafiq Mahbob was riding pillion on his friend’s Mr Amin Juman Abdul Jabbar.

Unfortunately, they came into an accident with the taxi that was driven by Mr Mohammed Faizal Ismail, due to the negligence of Amin.

This left Danial in a debilitating and crippling condition, aka a serious brain injury.

A report by Mr Danial Syafiq’s neurosurgeon said the accident left him with lifelong cognitive and memory problems.

He also suffered 46 seizures from November 2013 to June last year. Most of them occurred between 2013 and 2015, with six episodes in 2016, four in 2017 and one last year.

As such, Senior Judge Andrew Ang awarded the plaintiff with damages amounting to $872,000.

Rejected Claim To Hire Domestic Helper

The High Court rejected Danial’s claim for an additional $420,000 to hire a domestic worker to care for him due to the epileptic fits he occasionally had after the unfortunate accident.

Danial’s mother also claimed the family requires a domestic worker to take care of her son, over routine things such as taking his medications on time, cooking food for him and talking to him.

The reason for that ruling was because Danial was found to be able to live independently without the help from a domestic helper.

It was even found that he was able to take public transport to go skateboarding, and even took a video of it.

Furthermore, Justice Ang noted that Danial only had one episode of his fits last year.

He also accepted medical evidence that the plaintiff was unlikely to stop breathing if he had another seizure.

Hopefully, he will make a full recovery soon.