9 Oct 2002
LAW YUET KWAI v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- LAW YUET KWAI v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI430/2001
Liability admitted; court adopted a multiplier of 10 for future dependency (producing $728,123 after deduction for pre-trial period), awarded specified sums for bereavement, funeral expenses, pre-trial dependency, loss of accumulation ($500,000) and interest; held that the dependant pension paid to the plaintiff is a benefit accruing as a result of the death and must be disregarded under Fatal Accidents Ordinance s7 (following Pidduck), therefore it is not deductible from the assessed damages; total judgment for plaintiff against defendant $2,257,007.00.