Can I ask? What has a man that got 1.6m payout got to do with animal cruelty?
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Blameless victims of road accidents
BROKEN MAN 1
He gets $1.6m payout
Big award but high-flyer may never work at same level again
By Dawn Chia
dawnchia@sph.com.sg
AT the young age of 30, he was already a high-flying art director earning $6,000 a month - and about to get a raise of $2,000.
Then, through no fault of his own, Mr Ho Yiu's world came crashing down.
In one swift, unexpected moment four years ago, a traffic accident turned his bright future into one wracked with pain and uncertainty.
Mr Ho was waiting to make a right turn at a junction when his car was hit in the rear by a lorry. The impact sent his car into the path of an oncoming vehicle, leaving him with serious injuries.
The High Court recently awarded Mr Ho $1.6 million in compensation after he sued the lorry driver.
Lawyers say the payout was one of the biggest awarded here. But for Mr Ho, it was scant consolation for his shattered life and career.
Now 34, he may never work at his old level again. And he will have to see doctors regularly for the rest of his life.
About $200,000 has to be set aside for treatment alone.
Mr Ho could not be reached for an interview, but the High Court was told about how he was a successful art director for a design house, earning $6,000 a month.
On Nov 7, 2000, just days before he was due to receive a commendation from his boss - and a pay rise of $2,000 - he was involved in the accident.
Mr Ho, who has a diploma in product design at Temasek Polytechnic in 1995, told the court he had given up his postgraduate studies in February 1998 after getting an art director's job with a publishing company.
He was studying for a Masters in design from the University of Technology, Sydney.