Spinal / Nerve
Vertebral fracture causing quadriplegia
Compensation range under the Bar Council Malaysia Revised Compendium 2018 (Circular 255/2018) — the operative judicial guideline for general damages in personal injury claims in Malaysia.
Typical range (general damages)
RM300,000 – RM420,000
- Low
- RM300,000
- Relatively minor presentation, conservative treatment, no significant residual effects.
- High
- RM420,000
- Surgery / complications and maximum loss of amenities (occupational and lifestyle impact).
What pushes toward the high: Higher cervical (C1–C4) and complete (Grade 0) paralysis sit at the top of the band.
How Malaysian courts apply this range
- The Low figure reflects a relatively minor presentation. The High already incorporates maximum loss of amenities — calculations should not push above the band-high.
- Where the claimant has multiple injuries, courts adjust for overlap — the total is not a naive sum of each head.
- Special damages (medical bills, loss of earnings, future care) are separate from the general damages range above.
See methodology for how Rawyer models severity, loss of amenities, and overlap.
Other Spinal / Nerve injuries
- Simple fracture of vertebral body (wedge / compression)RM14,500–RM18,000
- Fractures of 2 – 5 vertebraeRM22,000–RM42,000
- Vertebral fracture causing restricted movement of neck or backRM22,000–RM42,000
- Vertebral fracture causing paraplegiaRM220,000–RM300,000
- Brachial plexus injury to upper limbRM50,000–RM80,000
- Whiplash injuryRM9,000–RM14,500
- Sympathetic dystrophy (single – multiple)RM3,000–RM8,000