15 Jan 2024
GURUNG KUL RAJ v. MING TAI CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 94
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI1228/2021
The 1st defendant is vicariously liable because its employee released a heavy planking board without sufficient warning or notification in circumstances where warning was required and failure to warn was negligent; the plaintiff was not contributorily negligent because he reasonably expected the established signalling procedure and would not have had time to react to a split‑second unannounced release; the 2nd defendant is not liable because it did not exercise control over the 1st defendant's employee; assessed damages total HK$163,263.01 but are wholly offset by prior EC compensation of HK$…