8 Aug 2014
SO LOY HING v. THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO (1933) LTD
- Citation
- SO LOY HING v. THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO (1933) LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI910/2011
The court found the plaintiff to be an evasive, untruthful and unreliable witness; accepted the joint forensic expert conclusion that injuries were limited to soft tissue contusion and possible minor back sprain with minimal objective pathology and good prognosis; therefore the plaintiff was capable of returning to his pre-accident job as a bus captain, a 12-month sick leave period for compensation purposes was appropriate, and most claimed heads (future earnings, free travel, overnight shift entitlement, gratuities) were dismissed; damages were quantified accordingly and set off against empl…