Amputation injuries: what Singapore courts awarded
1 reported judgment · 1 court · personal-injury quantum
Across 1 reported Singapore judgment we analysed
This page reports the amounts Singapore courts awarded for amputation injuries across 1 reported personal-injury judgment, broken down by head of damage and tied to each source judgment. Each figure is the sum the court actually awarded, on its own facts — not a prediction of any future award.
How much do Singapore courts award for amputation injuries?
This page reports the damages Singapore courts awarded for amputation injuries in 1 reported personal-injury judgment in this corpus, decided between August 2023, heard in the High Court (General Division) (1). In [2023] SGHC 215 the court awarded $76,500 PSLA + $124,366.04 pre-trial loss of earnings + $114,285.63 medical + $354,074.74 future medical expenses; the full breakdown is below. The heads of damage the courts itemised in these cases include pain, suffering and loss of amenities (below-the-knee amputation of the lower left limb), pain, suffering and loss of amenities (non-surgical scars from the skin graft), pain, suffering and loss of amenities (total), pre-trial loss of earnings, and loss of earning capacity, among others. In assessing general damages for a bodily injury the Singapore courts work from the Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases and then adjust to the facts and medical evidence before them, so the amount in each case turns on its own severity and circumstances and is not a fixed tariff. The judgments below are the primary source, each linking to the full decision; for the wider body of law these sit within, see the tort practice area. The figures are amounts awarded in specific past cases on their own facts — a record of decided awards, not a prediction of any future award. This page is reference information, not legal advice.
These are amounts awarded in specific past cases on their own facts — not a prediction of any future award, and not an estimate of what any particular injury is “worth”. Awards turn on the medical evidence, severity and circumstances of each case. For an assessment of a specific situation, consult a qualified Singapore Advocate & Solicitor.
What Singapore courts awarded for amputation injuries. The top row is the range and median of the pain-and-suffering awards across the grounded judgments; each judgment row is the sum that court awarded for the injury itself. Full heads of damage are in the breakdown below.
| Judgment | Pain-and-suffering award (for the injury) | Source cases |
|---|---|---|
[2023] SGHC 215 · SGHC No pain-and-suffering award isolated to this injury in this judgment (e.g. a global pain-and-suffering award, or causation not made out); see the breakdown below. | — |
What did the courts award, case by case?
Each judgment below awarded damages that included amputation injuries. The amounts are the sums stated in the judgment, grouped by head of damage; the pain-and-suffering award for the injury is the figure carried into the table above.
Amounts awarded by head of damage
- pain, suffering and loss of amenities (below-the-knee amputation of the lower left limb)
- $69,500
- pain, suffering and loss of amenities (non-surgical scars from the skin graft)
- $7,000
- pain, suffering and loss of amenities (total)
- $76,500
- pre-trial loss of earnings
- $124,366.04
- loss of earning capacity
- $7,500
- medical expenses (special)
- $114,285.63
- future medical expenses (prosthetic-limb replacements)
- $354,074.74
On a full assessment of damages for a workplace/road accident that necessitated the below-the-knee amputation of the claimant's lower left limb, the court assessed pain, suffering and loss of amenities (adjusting a reference award for inflation and adding an uplift for pain), pre-trial loss of earnings, loss of future earnings, loss of earning capacity, and the medical and future medical expenses of successive prosthetic limbs.
How Singapore courts assess these awards
General damages for personal injury in Singapore are assessed against the Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases. The figures above are the amounts the courts arrived at in the individual judgments, applying that framework to the facts and medical evidence before them. This page links to each judgment as the primary source rather than reproducing the Guidelines, and reports those decided awards; it is not legal advice.
Key questions about amputation injuries
How much have Singapore courts awarded for amputation injuries?
In [2023] SGHC 215 the court awarded $76,500 PSLA + $124,366.04 pre-trial loss of earnings + $114,285.63 medical + $354,074.74 future medical expenses in a case involving amputation injuries. That is the sum the court arrived at on the facts of that case, reported as a record of a past decision rather than an indication of any future award. The full breakdown by head of damage is listed below.
Which Singapore cases awarded damages for amputation injuries?
Reported Singapore judgments in this corpus that awarded damages including amputation injuries are [2023] SGHC 215. Each links to the full decision, with the amounts the court awarded set out by head of damage.
What heads of damage did the courts award for amputation injuries?
In these judgments the courts itemised heads of damage including pain, suffering and loss of amenities (below-the-knee amputation of the lower left limb), pain, suffering and loss of amenities (non-surgical scars from the skin graft), pain, suffering and loss of amenities (total), pre-trial loss of earnings, loss of earning capacity, and medical expenses (special). General damages compensate the pain, suffering and loss of amenity of the injury itself; proven financial losses such as medical expenses and loss of earnings are awarded separately as special damages. The exact amount under each head in each case is listed below.
How do Singapore courts decide damages for amputation injuries?
The court assesses general damages against the Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases and applies them to the facts — the nature and severity of the injury, the degree and permanence of any disability, and the awards made in comparable decided cases. The amounts on this page are what the courts awarded in the specific judgments below; they are reported as a record of those decisions, not as a tariff.
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Source judgments
Every figure on this page is drawn from a reported Singapore judgment. The cases below are the primary sources; each links to its full judgment.
- [2023] SGHC 215 — Poongothai Kuppusamy v Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd & Anor · primary source
Compiled by the SG Case Law editorial team from primary sources — the judgments themselves and Singapore Statutes Online (sso.agc.gov.sg). · Updated 10 July 2026 · How we compile this
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