17 Sept 2001
LILY TSE LAI YIN AND OTHERS v. THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF ALBERT HOUSE AND OTHERS
- Citation
- LILY TSE LAI YIN AND OTHERS v. THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF ALBERT HOUSE AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI828/1997
Court accepted medical and psychological evidence that the 9th plaintiff suffers chronic PTSD causally linked to the canopy collapse; quantified damages by awarding PSLA $500,000, special damages $27,865, future psychiatric/psychological treatment $520,000 (allowing for overlap), alternative learning strategy $150,000, discounted future tuition $20,000, and loss of future earnings $589,680 (multiplicand $12,000/month, multiplier 13, 70% contingency discount), plus interest, producing total assessed damages $1,859,249; costs to follow the nisi order taxed on a common fund basis.