POONGOTHAI KUPPUSAMY v HUATIONG CONTRACTOR PTE LTD & Anor
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| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Kwek Mean Luck |
| Charges / claim | Damages |
| Counsel | Central Chambers Law Corporation, Tito Isaac & Co LLP, Cassandra Kang, Gokulamurali s/o Haridas, Mark Ho En Tian, Ramasamy s/o Karuppan Chettiar, Wong Hui Min |
Source: [2023] SGHC 215, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Poongothai Kuppusamy v Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd and another [2023] SGHC 215 is a reserved judgment of the General Division of the High Court delivered on 4 August 2023 in Suit No 808 of 2020, with Kwek Mean Luck J presiding. The plaintiff, Ms Poongothai Kuppusamy, a Malaysian citizen who was 48 years old and employed as a Security Officer, was involved in a road traffic accident on 23 September 2017. The first defendant, Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd, a company incorporated in Singapore, had been found wholly liable for her injuries in an earlier decision reported at [2021] SGHC 108, and the second defendant is Mr Guru Murti a/l Maheshrou. This judgment concerns the assessment of damages that followed, addressing the measure of damages in personal injuries cases, special damages, and mitigation in tort.
[2023] SGHC 215 explained
POONGOTHAI KUPPUSAMY v HUATIONG CONTRACTOR PTE LTD & Anor ([2023] SGHC 215) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 4 August 2023. It is categorised under Damages. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 4 other reported Singapore judgments, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGHC 215 about?
POONGOTHAI KUPPUSAMY v HUATIONG CONTRACTOR PTE LTD & Anor ([2023] SGHC 215) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Damages — Assessment”, “Damages — Mitigation — Tort”, “Damages — Special damages”, and “Damages — Measure of damages — Personal injuries cases”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 215 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGCA 21. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
How influential is [2023] SGHC 215?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 215 has been cited by 4 later reported Singapore judgments. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
Summary
Ms Poongothai Kuppusamy, a security officer injured in a 2017 road traffic accident that required a below-the-knee amputation of her left limb, sought an assessment of damages after Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd was found wholly liable. The High Court assessed her general and special damages, including pain and suffering, future medical and transport expenses, and loss of earnings. It awarded her total damages of S$838,224.52.
What was Poongothai Kuppusamy v Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 215 about?
It was the assessment of damages before Kwek Mean Luck J, delivered on 4 August 2023, following a road traffic accident on 23 September 2017 involving the plaintiff Ms Poongothai Kuppusamy, addressing the measure of damages, special damages and mitigation in tort.
Who was found liable in [2023] SGHC 215?
The first defendant, Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd, a company incorporated in Singapore, had been found wholly liable for the plaintiff's injuries in an earlier decision reported at [2021] SGHC 108, and the assessment of damages then took place before Kwek Mean Luck J.
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Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 215)