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Hong Kong Case Law

Serious injury classification
  • 22 Mar 1989

    FU CHEE KONG v. SHUN FAI CONSTRUCTION CO LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    FU CHEE KONG v. SHUN FAI CONSTRUCTION CO LTD AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA1247/1988

    Master Woolley accepted the plaintiff's evidence and the medical opinion of Drs. Hodgson and Lee over Dr. O'Donovan, found the plaintiff unable to return to his pre-accident heavy manual occupation, adopted the plaintiff's pre-trial loss figures, calculated future loss by netting tax and present earnings to a monthly loss of HKD 4,540 and applying a multiplier of 7, awarded general damages of HKD 110,000 (below the serious injury minimum), and ordered interest at 4% p.a. on special damages from date of accident and 2% p.a. on general damages from date of writ; costs of assessment to defendant…