25 Nov 2013
KWOK HOI WAN IRENE ALSO KNOWN AS GUO HAIYUN SUING BY HER HUSBAND AND NEXT FRIEND CHENG YUK CHING v. THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Citation
- KWOK HOI WAN IRENE ALSO KNOWN AS GUO HAIYUN SUING BY HER HUSBAND AND NEXT FRIEND CHENG YUK CHING v. THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI261/2011
Master accepted plaintiff as at lower end of MCS with poor prospect of recovery, awarded PSLA $2,500,000, accepted CPI/comparator arguments in part but rejected full uplift and speculative salary increases, adopted discount rate 2.5% with multiplier 17.55 for future earnings and 12 for life expectancy-based future care costs, rejected claim for salt injections as unreasonable and unnecessary, quantified and allowed specific past and future heads resulting in judgment for $11,487,803.31 with specified interest and costs orders.