KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – The Malaysian Sessions Court awarded a default judgement to a married couple in their lawsuit against two babysitters accused of negligence, which led to the death of their three-month-old baby girl from choking on milk last year.
Judge Zawiyah Saad allowed the application by the plaintiffs, Mohd Rafi Abd Razak, 26, and Anis Amalina Mazlin, 28, after the two female babysitters, aged 58 and 35, failed to appear to respond to the lawsuit on the scheduled date.
The couple’s lawyer Muhammad Hariz Md Yusoff, told reporters that the court recorded the default judgment on May 7 and allowed the plaintiffs’ claims.
“However, a new date for the assessment of costs has yet to be determined by the court,” he said during a media briefing at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex yesterday.
Muhammad Hariz clarified that his client’s legal team had filed the lawsuit in accordance with procedures, but both the defendants, who are mother and daughter, were late in responding to it.
