AN AUSTRALIAN tourist badly hurt in an Orchard Road accident in 2003 has been awarded more than $973,000 by the High Court for the pain suffered, her medical bills and the loss of future earnings.
Ms Linda Shaw, an Adelaide-based physiotherapist, picked up such horrific head and leg injuries that she was bedridden for two months, wheelchair-bound for another seven and on medical leave for a little more than two years.
Unable to meet the physical demands of her full-time job, she was forced to work only part-time.
Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
