7 Jul 2004
WONG FUNG SZE AND ANOTHER v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Citation
- WONG FUNG SZE AND ANOTHER v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI112/2004
The judge held that the 2nd Plaintiff's pleaded case (and the proposed amendment) disclosed no reasonable cause of action because her psychiatric illness was shown by the medical evidence and pleadings to result from a gradual accumulation of distress over approximately four months rather than from a sudden 'shock'; her attempt to recharacterise herself as a primary victim or rescuer failed as there was no objective exposure to danger or reasonable belief of such exposure; accordingly the amendment was refused and the 2nd Plaintiff's claim struck out and dismissed.