15 Mar 1995
CHOW TAK CHUN v. WONG YUN YAU
- Citation
- CHOW TAK CHUN v. WONG YUN YAU
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1315/1989
On the balance of probabilities the plaintiff's undiagnosed chronic glaucoma caused him to step into the road and was the predominant cause of the accident; the defendant bore some fault for driving too fast for the circumstances, but the plaintiff's contributory negligence is assessed at 85%, substantially reducing his recoverable damages.