Woman paralysed in 1997 incident involving senior cop’s wife awarded RM350K
High Court records settlement by way of a consent judgment without any admission of liability.
In 1997, a woman was left paralysed from the waist down after a shooting incident involving a senior police officer's wife at an apartment in Johor Bahru. The Johor Bahru High Court has now nullified a 2007 consent judgment that required the couple to pay the woman RM500 monthly for her medical expenses. The plaintiff's lawyer, M Manoharan, stated that RM114,000 was paid under the previous arrangement.
The plaintiff initially sought a higher monthly payment due to rising medical costs, but her request was denied. She filed a new suit for RM2.8 million in damages in 2023, which was reinstated by the Court of Appeal in 2024. The court annulled the 2007 consent judgment without any party admitting liability, and the law firm involved agreed to pay RM10,000 in legal costs.
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