8 Nov 2019
YAU PO SHAN v. THE EXPRESS LIFT CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2019] HKDC 1495
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI2370/2014
The court held res ipsa loquitur applied against D1 because the accident was of unknown cause, occurred under D1's control, and was unlikely to happen without negligence; D1 failed to rebut the prima facie inference by producing sufficient evidence of detailed proper inspection/maintenance of the KVAB relay; D2 was not liable because it had reasonably relied on a competent contractor and had taken reasonable supervisory steps.