6 Jul 2015
LEE WAH, administratrix of the estate of Yick Hong Kwai, deceased, and in her personal capacity v. LOK WAI WA
- Citation
- LEE WAH, administratrix of the estate of Yick Hong Kwai, deceased, and in her personal capacity v. LOK WAI WA
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI476/2010
Court held defendant liable and found (1) estate entitled to loss of dependency despite speculative element, but only at a conservative nominal rate: monthly HK$1,000 from assumed working age producing HK$276,000 multiplicand-multiplier figure; total estate award HK$736,000 discounted by 29% contributory negligence to HK$522,560; (2) plaintiff (mother) qualified as a secondary victim—her arrival during resuscitation and being present through the immediate aftermath caused psychiatric injury; causation established notwithstanding some contribution from bereavement; awarded PSLA HK$350,000, los…