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SINGAPORE \u2013 Citing medical fees and loss of future earnings as a physiotherapist, a cyclist who was hit by a motorcyclist on Nicoll Highway in 2021 sought over $500,000 in a civil suit.<\/p>\n
However, deputy registrar Sim Mei Ling awarded the cyclist, Gino Ernest Ng, around $55,000 after finding his claims for future earnings speculative.<\/p>\n
According to a judgment dated May 25, Ng was cycling on Nicoll Highway when the motorcyclist, Ang Eng Peng, collided with him.<\/p>\n
The September 2021 accident left Ng with a spinal fracture and abrasions on his right knee and right forearm. He was placed on hospitalisation leave from Sept 4, 2021, to Nov 30, 2021.<\/p>\n
In court, Ng\u2019s medical expert testified that his spinal fracture would cause pain and chronic discomfort when treating patients. He noted that if Ng worked more than six hours, he would need a break the next day or require treatment from his colleagues.<\/p>\n
Conversely, Ang\u2019s medical expert said Ng\u2019s fracture had healed well and would not significantly impair his ability to work.<\/p>\n
Ng returned to work in December 2021 at his physiotherapy clinic, where he is a director and 50 per cent shareholder.<\/p>\n
Following the accident, the clinic suffered a loss in revenue. Ng equated 50 per cent of this purported loss to his personal loss in earnings, which the deputy registrar said he had no basis to do.<\/p>\n
Ng argued that the drop in revenue in 2022, the year after the accident, was caused by his inability to work long hours due to his injuries.<\/p>\n
But the deputy registrar ruled that external business factors were actually to blame for the loss of revenue.<\/p>\n
This included one of the clinic\u2019s physiotherapists registering a competing company four days after Ng\u2019s accident and poaching several of the clinic\u2019s clients.<\/p>\n
The number of people working at Ng\u2019s clinic then fell from seven physiotherapists in 2021 to three to four in 2022.<\/p>\n
The deputy registrar also noted that Ng had treated more patients on average and generated higher monthly fees in 2023 and 2024 than he did before the accident.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cFundamentally, the claim for pre-trial loss of earnings fails because the claimant has not proven what his personal loss is. Even if I accept that (the clinic) suffered a loss of revenue, this would be (the clinic\u2019s) loss, and not the claimant\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite dismissing Ng\u2019s claims for loss of earnings as a physiotherapist, the deputy registrar ruled that Ng was entitled to $55,769 in compensation for pain and suffering, medical expenses and property damage to his bicycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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