Read the full judgment text of DCEC 000800/2000 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 12 November 2001.
[1] The Applicant, Mr. Yeung Tin Sang, then aged 36, was injured on 1st September 1998, while he was attending to delivery of liquefied petroleum gas ("LPG") bottles. The Applicant's allegation was that his left ring finger was injured by the cargo door of the delivery lorry. The Employees' Compensation (Ordinary Assessment) Board assessed the quantum of permanent loss of earning capacity caused by the injury at 0.5%.