索償案例：護士在火鍋店被熱茶燒傷，獲賠25萬 (二級燒傷)

編註：以下為英文案例，我們在適當地方稍加解釋。

案件編號：DCPI 1104/2010

案件名稱：TAM WING YAN and SMART ELEGANT ENTERPRISES LIMITED trading as小肥牛火鍋活魚專門店

法庭：DISTRICT COURT

主審法官：His Hon Judge Leung in court

判案書日期 ：21 February 2011

個案：28 December 2009 was the Monday after the Christmas holiday. In the course of dinner at the Defendant hotpot restaurant (“the Restaurant”) that evening, the Plaintiff (“Tam”) was burnt by a jar of hot tea that toppled next to her. Both her thighs suffered scald injuries. Tam filed this lawsuit against the Restaurant for damages. Both liability and quantum are in dispute.

聖誕節後的星期一，原告人在火鍋店用餐時，被一壺翻滾的熱茶燒傷大腿。餐廳同時就責任及賠償金額抗辯。

原告人職業：Registered nurse 註冊護士

原告人傷勢：

• sent by ambulance to the hospital
• scald injuries on both thighs were categorised as second degree burn involving 7% of skin surface 燙傷，7%皮膚二級燒傷
• After wound dressing, she was discharged with analgesic and antibiotics
• examined by Dr Ian H Nicolson, specialist in plastic surgery
• permanent cosmetic disability as a result of the scald injury
• possible laser therapy in the future

審訊結果：Considering all the circumstances, the Court found the Restaurant liable. 法庭考慮案中所有情況及證據，裁定餐廳需要負責，並就賠償金額作出下列評核。

法庭判定的賠償項目：