CHAN PUI KI, an infant suing by her mother and next friend CHU KAM HING v LEUNG ON

Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 19 July 1996.

1. The appellants (defendants) are a bus driver and the Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd. The respondent (plaintiff) is a girl now aged 17 years. She was severely injured in a road accident on 22 April 1989 as a result of the bus driver's negligence when she was nearly 10 years old. It is common ground that the defendants are responsible for 80% of the loss and damage sustained.