30 Dec 2021
YUEN CHEUK PING v. DRAGAGES HONG KONG LTD
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 3869
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI239/2020
Defendant liable for the Accident; contributory negligence not made out as Plaintiff's conduct (jumping) was not sufficiently blameworthy given foreseeable hazard and employer's duty to provide safe access. Joint orthopaedic and psychiatric reports established Plaintiff was fit to return to his pre-accident occupation from 12 July 2019 with reduced endurance; court fixed a realistic post-accident earning capacity of HKD31,000 per month from 12 September 2019 and retained retirement age 65 for loss calculations, awarded HKD200,000 for loss of earning capacity, allowed tonic food HKD3,000 and c…