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Pang Koi Fa v Lim Djoe Phing

[1993] SGHC 153; [1993] 3 SLR(R) 366

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtHigh Court (Singapore)

Year1993

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A secondary victim may recover for nervous shock (recognised psychiatric injury) caused by medical negligence even outside the classic sudden-accident-and-immediate-aftermath situation, provided proximity and foreseeability are established; mere grief is not compensable.

Area of Law

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