BRUCE PORTER BARON, the Lawful Son and Beneficiary and Personal Representative of the Estates of LAVERNE PORTER BARON and HOWARD MORRIS BARON v HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Read the full judgment text of HCA 009031/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 December 1997.

1. On the evening of the 31st December 1972, almost twenty five years ago, Mr. Howard Baron, a 59 years old American businessman, was found shot dead in the office of a business colleague, not far from where he then lived in the Peninsula Court. The single and fatal wound was caused by a bullet fired from a .38 revolver held probably against his chest. The bullet, when recovered, was found to be of a make unknown in Hong Kong. The weapon itself was not found. The office was unlocked when Mr. Bar