2 Dec 2022
SHABAR REHMAN v. SUNNY SUCCESS HOLDINGS LTD
- Citation
- [2022] HKDC 1403
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC367/2020
The injury was a superficial 3cm laceration that healed with no structural deficit; objective medical evidence and hand-grip testing showed exaggeration and no permanent impairment; the plaintiff recovered by early July 2019 and thus suffered only 44 days incapacity; given lack of reliable wage evidence the court adopted the Census and Statistics average monthly wage of HK$12,632; awards were limited accordingly and a costs order nisi against the plaintiff in favour of the Fund Board on an indemnity basis was justified due to intentional exaggeration of symptoms and grossly excessive claim.