5 Dec 1972
TSE KUNG FU v. YIP HING LING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- TSE KUNG FU v. YIP HING LING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1165/1972
The court found the first defendant negligent in driving into a pedestrian on a zebra crossing and rejected the defence of contributory negligence because the plaintiff reasonably relied on two lanes of stopped traffic and the crossing signals; accordingly the defendant was fully liable and the court awarded compensatory damages quantified on the evidence.