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  • 28 May 2024

    CHEUNG PONG CHUN v. JASMINE CUISINE LTD

    Citation
    [2024] HKDC 842
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCPI44/2022

    Plaintiff's factual account was inconsistent with contemporaneous medical and handwritten statements and implausible in light of objective evidence (photographs and defendant witness evidence showing metal stackable chairs); the more probable explanation is that the plaintiff sat on a missing/fallen chair rather than a defective/collapsed chair caused by defendant; res ipsa loquitur does not apply; on balance of probabilities defendant not liable and claim is dismissed.