By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-21 04:56:36 | Updated at 2024-10-21 07:36:05
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A Hong Kong dancer has sued his employer for compensation after he was hit by a giant screen that collapsed during a concert by Cantopop boy band Mirror two years ago, with the sum payable potentially running up to more than HK$3.5 million (US$450,391).
Mo Li Kai-yin lodged the application in February this year under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, which provides a mechanism for workers to claim damages arising from accidental injuries during their employment.
The applicant, 30, who was paralysed from the neck down, would be entitled to more than HK$3.5 million in compensation if the court found his injury resulted in permanent total incapacity, according to the Post’s estimation under the law.
A lawyer for the applicant told a District Court hearing on Monday that Li was still considering a separate personal injury lawsuit against Studiodanz, which hired the dancers performing at the Mirror concert at Hong Kong Coliseum on July 28, 2022.
The extent of the pending claim would depend on the outcome of a fraud trial implicating three project managers from the show’s principal contractor, the court heard.
