28 Apr 2006
FUNG WAI HAN v. HUI CHIK KEUNG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- FUNG WAI HAN v. HUI CHIK KEUNG AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI383/2002
Defendant's negligence was admitted and, on the evidence, the defendant failed to prove contributory negligence. The court accepted the plaintiff's account and assessed damages by head, allowing reasonable pre-trial and future losses while disallowing unreasonable or unsupported claims (pre-trial housekeeping, future tonic food, extensive laser treatment). The court applied Daly to disallow unpaid housekeeping claims, applied the statutory cap for loss of society, deducted employees' compensation and interim payments (with interest adjustments), and awarded final judgment to the plaintiff in…