28 Sept 1973
WONG YIN WAH AND ANOTHER v. HUNG PING WAN AND OTHERS
- Citation
- WONG YIN WAH AND ANOTHER v. HUNG PING WAN AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV6/1973
The Full Court upheld the trial judge's factual findings that the lorry driver was wholly to blame because the physical evidence (damage to van rear near side, sketch, photographs) supported that finding and there was no persuasive evidence the van's speed was excessive; the court reduced the deceased plaintiff's award to eliminate items rendered otiose by death (remove $8,000 for future operation and reduce epilepsy allowance from $5,580 to $1,500) applying McCann principles, and upheld reduced special nourishment awards because trial judge acted within discretion after rejecting extravagant…