7 Oct 1977
CHAN SO-YUEN AND ANOTHER v. DASMAGAN RAI
- Citation
- CHAN SO-YUEN AND ANOTHER v. DASMAGAN RAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA396/1977
Court applied the Cookson v. Knowles approach dividing past pecuniary loss to trial and future loss, accepted monthly dependency of $500, applied a multiplier effectively yielding 8 future years after accounting for 37 months to trial, awarded $3,000 funeral expenses, $10,000 loss of expectation of life and $48,500 under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance (total $61,500), ordered interest at 4% on specified sums from date of death to judgment and reduced all sums by 50% for contributory negligence.