11 Aug 1979
MADAM CHAN YEE MAN v. CHOW WAI BUN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- MADAM CHAN YEE MAN v. CHOW WAI BUN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA3181/1978
The court accepted that the deceased earned on average $2,000 per month, deducted $1,225 per month for mortgage contributions and subsistence, adopted a multiplier of 15, and assessed damages under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance at $220,500; the conventional statutory award of $10,000 merges with that sum; funeral expenses of $6,036.20 were allowed; interest was awarded at 4% on special damages from the date of the accident and at 7% on general damages from service of the writ; $55,125 of the general damages is to be paid into Court and invested for the two children with specified allocations;…