CHUNG YUEN YEE, the Administratrix of the estate of LAI WING KEE, deceased v SAM WOO BORE PILE FOUNDATION LIMITED

Read the full judgment text of HCPI 1053/2006 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 June 2010.

1. The wages of a worker are often calculated from his toil but the risk he suffers is seldom taken into consideration.  The deceased (Mr Lai Wing Kee,黎榮基)(“Mr Lai”), was lifting aforklifttruck onto a lorry at about 3:00 p.m. on 27 July 2004on the pavement outside 35-37 Cha Kwo Ling Road.  Due to the unsafe method of lifting and other failures, which will be explored more fully below, the truck [1] unfortunately fell and crushed the deceased to death.

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