18 Oct 1976
WONG PUI-TAT v. CHEUNG CHUN-YUEN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- WONG PUI-TAT v. CHEUNG CHUN-YUEN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1847/1975
Court found gross annual contribution about $8,000, deducted $1,000 for deceased's own benefits yielding a multiplicand of $7,000, and selected a multiplier of 9 based on the deceased's age, family responsibilities and expected duration of full and partial contribution; awarded $63,000 for dependency plus $2,000 funeral expenses (total $65,000), refused a separate award for loss of expectation of life as it would merge with dependency, and ordered specified interest and costs.