16 Dec 2002
LAI YUEN HING v. LO CHI HUNG TRADING AS KAM HUNG CONSTRUCTION CO. AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- LAI YUEN HING v. LO CHI HUNG TRADING AS KAM HUNG CONSTRUCTION CO. AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC14/2000
On the evidence the court preferred the respondents' medical evidence and lay evidence that the applicant returned to substantial work after the accident. The accident caused, at most, minimal residual symptoms; permanent loss of earning capacity assessed at 1%. Sick leave from May 1999 onward was largely not caused by the accident; s.10(2) is a non-rebuttable deeming of incapacity where certified but s.10(1) requires the incapacity to result from the injury. Limited periodical payments allowed (14 days immediately post-accident and two days per month from 17 May 1999 to 14 April 2000). Aggre…