20 Jun 2007
CHAM CHEUNG SING v. YUNG PAK WA AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CHAM CHEUNG SING v. YUNG PAK WA AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI206/2003
Plaintiff was a lawful visitor; the staircase was the only access and was maintained in an unsafe condition (damp, food residue, obstructing boxes, single handrail, no adequate warning at the top); defendant as occupier breached the common duty of care under OLO and in negligence; plaintiff was not drunk and not contributorily negligent; the defendant alone dragged the unconscious plaintiff to the back alley without immobilizing his neck which foreseeably aggravated the spinal injury; causation established and quantum of damages assessed and reduced by prior settlement resulting in judgment f…