15 Jan 1971
PANG SIU FONG v. LEUNG BIU AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- PANG SIU FONG v. LEUNG BIU AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA242/1969
The judge accepted the independent eyewitness evidence identifying the defendant's truck, found the defendant failed to keep proper lookout and that his truck caused the death, and therefore awarded damages: $1,580 funeral expenses (Law Reform Ordinance), $8,000 loss of expectation of life (deductible from fatal accidents award), and $59,400 under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance (multiplier 11, monthly dependency $450), with specific apportionments to the three youngest children and costs to the plaintiff.