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Hong Kong Case Law

Multipliers and multiplicands

  • 11 Jul 2002

    MOK MERLA AND OTHERS v. OCEAN CROWN TRANSPORTATION LTD. AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    MOK MERLA AND OTHERS v. OCEAN CROWN TRANSPORTATION LTD. AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI266/1998

    The court found on the balance of probabilities that the 2nd defendant negligently operated the transporter with the container lowered so as to obstruct his view; the 1st defendant is vicariously liable and additionally negligent for adopting an unsafe system of work; causation was established; contributory negligence was not proven; damages were assessed for bereavement, funeral expenses, pre- and post-trial dependency and loss of accumulation, with deduction for prior employees' compensation and a reduction of interest for unexplained delay.

  • 31 Jan 2002

    KUNG PIK TO v. AU KAM FAI

    Citation
    KUNG PIK TO v. AU KAM FAI
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI545/2000

    On uncontested evidence the master applied the flexible household approach to quantify dependency using the deceased's monthly income of HK$10,000, allocated household shares and accepted specified multipliers (12 for widow, 7 for daughter, 11 for son), reduced dependency to reflect remaining mortgage payments, rejected the claimant's detailed multiplicand methodology for loss of accumulation as speculative, awarded a global accumulation award of HK$192,000 from January 2003, allowed statutory bereavement (HK$150,000) and funeral expenses (HK$43,647), and directed interest and costs as specif…

  • 17 Jun 1987

    NG YAT YING v. LAM MING KWAN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    NG YAT YING v. LAM MING KWAN AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2495/1977

    Master accepted the agreed and credible medical and factual evidence, adjusted contested multiplicands and awards where evidence lacked support, and apportioned damages accordingly: awarded the child $65,000 P.S.L.A. plus special damages $3,205; father $50,000 P.S.L.A., pre-trial loss of earnings $146,766.55, loss of earning capacity $10,000 and other agreed items; assessed deceased's L.A.R.C.O. pre-trial and future lost years with adjusted multiplicands to yield the L.A.R.C.O. total; allowed certain F.A.O. awards but deleted awards for children and husband where they merged with larger L.A.R…