Read the full judgment text of HCA 005451/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 June 1987.
1. Mr. YAN Man-yin ("Mr. Yan") joined the Urban Services Department as a refuse-collection labourer in 1973. On the 10th September 1980, he was two days short of his 50th birthday. At about 3.20 p.m. on the afternoon of that day, he was pushing his metal refuse-collection trolley north along Canton Road, Kowloon, across the mouth of the road leading to Jordan Road Ferry Pier. No one else was crossing the road with him at the same time. The road surface was dry and in good repair. The light was g