An appeals court in Singapore has awarded a $ 43.5 m payout to a former construction worker who lost a leg when a crane collapse on a building site . The court found Tyler Lee was not entitled to the award for negligence , gross negligence and intentional injury given out to subcontractor Berkel & Company Contractors after leads from the falling crane crushed Lee 's leg and severed it below the knee . Berkel appealed to the 14th Court of Appeals in Austin. The court said Lee was entitled only to workers compensation because the company could n't have known that events that led to the collapse would have caused injury .
An appeals court in Singapore has awarded a $ 43.5 m payout to a former construction worker who lost a leg when a crane collapse on a building site . The court found Tyler Lee was not entitled to the award for negligence , gross negligence and intentional injury given out to subcontractor Berkel & Company Contractors after leads from the falling crane crushed Lee 's leg and severed it below the knee . The court said Lee was entitled only to workers compensation because the company could n't have known that events that led to the collapse would have caused injury .