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Set-off of employees compensation award
  • 2 Dec 2011

    CHOI YUM MAN v. LAM SIU WING

    Citation
    CHOI YUM MAN v. LAM SIU WING
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCPI691/2010

    Default established liability; on quantum the court accepted medical evidence of limited but permanent impairment (2.5–4% assessment), adopted comparative authorities and market adjustments, awarded PSLA $120,000 as appropriate for injury severity, calculated pre-trial and post-trial earnings losses with adopted figures and multiplier 6, allowed $20,000 for loss of earning capacity (retraining), allowed medical expenses $4,000, deducted prior ECC award $31,196.67 and directed interest and costs accordingly.