14 Nov 1989
KONG CHUN MUI v. CHAU KWAI FONG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- KONG CHUN MUI v. CHAU KWAI FONG AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA7221/1987
Court accepted a mean evidential approach using government wage statistics adjusted for casual work and accepted $180 per day and 28 working days per month; assessed deceased's dependency share at 79.5%; applied agreed multiplier 14; calculated pre-trial and post-trial losses accordingly; awarded specified sums, deducted Employees' Compensation $299,000 and prior payment $44,000, resulting in net damages of $894,497.60; awarded interest only at 2% on loss of expectation of life from date of writ to date; no interest on pre-trial loss and funeral expenses.