Read the full judgment text of HCA 001037/1979 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. In this action the plaintiff, Madam CHAN Lan claims damages under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance in respect of the death of her husband which occurred as a result of a traffic accident on the 5th July 1978. There was originally pleaded in the Statement of Claim a further claim for damages for loss of consortium and services of the deceased, but that claim was clearly unsustainable in law and was at once and properly abandoned by counsel for the plaintiff when the action began.