22 Sept 2006
MANDEEP SINGH v. SOUTHWELL CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- MANDEEP SINGH v. SOUTHWELL CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI575/2005
Liability was conceded by defendants; the decisive findings were fact and expert-based: the jointly instructed orthopaedic expert (Dr Arthur Chiang) reported multi-level degenerative disc disease likely pre-existing and a prolapsed L5/S1 related to the accident; on the balance of probabilities the court found a pre-existing degenerative condition and adjusted PSLA accordingly to $170,000; pre-accident earnings were assessed at $7,000/month based on contemporaneous evidence of multiple employments and MPF records; nine months full loss and 22.5 months partial loss to alternative earnings of $4…