A road accident plaintiff who sustained extensive burns, digit gangrene with auto-amputation, spinal fractures, and mild head injury claimed RM626,000 in general damages across 19 injury heads. V.P. Nathan & Partners reviewed the schedule and identified systematic double-counting — multiple heads that overlapped in their functional consequence and could not be claimed independently under Malaysian quantum principles.
After applying appropriate consolidation principles and cross-referencing against current judicial awards, V.P. Nathan & Partners advised a general damages cap of RM370,000 — a reduction of RM256,000 from the plaintiff’s figure. The firm also managed a complex prosthesis question arising from a pending amputation, advising a cap of RM744,000.