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…