A man fell and hit his head, suffering a traumatic brain injury, after seeing his neighbour’s dog exit a lift at their condominium in Singapore.
His daughter later sued the neighbour for negligence in how he had handled the dog and for breach of the condo by-laws.
A court dismissed the suit, finding that the estate of the man, who died after the trial commenced, had failed to prove negligence or breaching of the condo’s by-laws.
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According to a judgment on Thursday, Tan Kut Fai was waiting on March 21, 2019, at the car park lobby of a condominium, which was not named in court papers.
At the same time, the defendant, Loong Kai Jun Matthew, took the lift with his corgi. The dog was secured on a leash measuring 1.22 metre (4 feet), which was shortened by Loong to 0.91 metre, according to court documents.
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When the lift door opened at the basement car park lobby, the corgi exited slightly ahead of Loong.
Tan was shocked by the corgi. He fell backwards and hit his head, as captured on footage recorded by the condo’s closed-circuit television system.