Compensation for personal injury claims deemed as matrimonial assets, rules judge

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SINGAPORE - The compensation that a man won in a lawsuit, after suffering serious injuries in a traffic accident, is a matrimonial asset that can be divided between him and his wife in a divorce, a district judge has ruled.

The novel issue arose in a case involving a couple with three children who are divorcing after 22 years of marriage.

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