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Tibia-Fibula Fracture Compensation Trends

This document summarizes past court awards for fractures of the tibia and fibula bone in Singapore and Malaysia. Specifically, it notes that in 1999 the Singapore court awarded S$25,000 for such a fracture, while a 2000 Malaysian court case awarded RM30,000. More recent cases show the awards for this type of injury have been increasing, such as a 2003 Malaysian case awarding RM45,000 for a tibia-fibula fracture with 2cm shortening. Two additional 2003 Malaysian cases awarded RM50,000 for the same fracture with 1cm shortening in each case.

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Tibia-Fibula Fracture Compensation Trends

This document summarizes past court awards for fractures of the tibia and fibula bone in Singapore and Malaysia. Specifically, it notes that in 1999 the Singapore court awarded S$25,000 for such a fracture, while a 2000 Malaysian court case awarded RM30,000. More recent cases show the awards for this type of injury have been increasing, such as a 2003 Malaysian case awarding RM45,000 for a tibia-fibula fracture with 2cm shortening. Two additional 2003 Malaysian cases awarded RM50,000 for the same fracture with 1cm shortening in each case.

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2.4.

2 As for the fracture of the tibia and fibula, in


Lai Sin Wah v Ng Soo Ngoh [1999] MD
1224, the Singapore Court awarded a sum of
S$25,000.00
for
above
fracture.
In
Engketeraman vs Zulklifly [2000] MD
1024, the Court awarded a sum of RM
30,000.00 for fracture of tibia-fibula with
scars and lacerations.
2.4.3 However, recent awards for this type of
injuries has been on the upward trend as in
Saravanan a/l Ramasamy v Muniandy
[2003] 3MLJ iv , where the award of Sessions
Court was affirmed by the Zulklefli J in the
High Court on appeal in the following:(a)

fracture of tibia-fibula
with 2cm shortening
45,000.00

-RM

(b)

-RM

laceration wound

8,000.00
(a)

wasting of muscles and scarring


with sinus discharge
-RM
15,000.00
(b)

osteoarthritis, sclerosis
and osteomylitis
10,000.00

-RM

2.4.4 In Mustapha bin Kassim v Md Akhir bin


Ariffin [2003] 3 MLJ x, the Court awarded a
sum of RM50,000.00 for the fracture of the
tibia-fibula with 1 cm shortening. In Leong
Yee
Hoong
v
Amuthamalar
a/p
Shanmugam[2003] 3 MLJ xiii, the Court
awarded a sum of RM 50,000.00 for the same
fracture and 1cm shortening.

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