| 单词 | Life expectancy |
| 释义 | 壽命預計 In the law of torts, the number of years a person is expected to live before death. An estimation of a person’s probable life span or mortality. Life expectancy is usually important evidence in assessing personal injury claims. For example, in assessing the PSLA, life expectancy was taken as one of the considerations: Lee Wai Lien, The Administratrix of the Estate of Yang Sung Po (Dec’d) v Dragages et Travaux Publics & Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd Trading as Dragages-Penta Joint Venture (A Firm) (HCPI 596/99, unreported). The number of years by which the plaintiff’s life has been shortened are his or her ‘lost years’. If the potential plaintiff is deceased, the legal personal representative may recover damages on behalf of the estate for loss of expectation of life and loss of earnings during the deceased’s ‘lost years’. Where the plaintiff’s life expectancy has been reduced by reason of his injuries, the multiplier for loss of earnings is calculated according to his life expectancy prior to the accident: Pickett v British Rail Engineering Ltd [1979] 1 All ER 774, [1980] AC 136 (HL). See also Life expectancy table; Loss of expectation of life; Lost years; Wrongful death. 侵權法中，預計某人會生存的年數。預計某人頗有可能生存的期間或頗有可能死亡的時間。壽命預計通常為評估人身傷害申索的重要證據。舉例，在評估痛苦及生趣損失賠償（PSLA）時，壽命預計會被用作其中一個考慮因素：Lee Wai Lien, The Administratrix of the Estate of Yang Sung Po (Dec’d) v Dragages et Travaux Publics & Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd Trading as Dragages-Penta Joint Venture (A Firm) （高院傷亡訴訟1999年第596號，未經彙殼）。原告人壽命被縮短的年數是為他或她的「失去的歲月」。假如潛在原告人已逝世，法定遺產代理人可就死者在「失去的歲月」期間所失去之預計壽命及收入損失，代表人追討損害賠償。凡原告人的預計壽命因受傷而縮短，其收入損失的乘數乃根據死者在意外發生前的預計壽命計算：Pickett v British Rail Engineering Ltd [1979] 1 All ER 774, [1980] AC 136 （上議院）。另見 Life expectancy table; Loss of expectation of life; Lost years; Wrongful death。 |
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