Read the full judgment text of HCA 001228/1978 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 April 1979.
1. The plaintiff was a passenger on board a bus driven by the second defendant on 14th March 1977 travelling from Lei Muk Shu to Kowloon. At about 12.40 p.m., the bus stopped at a bus stop near the junction of Shanghai Street and Argyle Street in order to allow certain passengers to alight, amongst whom was the plaintiff. Whilst the plaintiff was in the process of alighting from the bus, the exit doors of the bus suddenly closed. The plaintiff's arm was there upon trapped by the doors and the bu