A former Cathay Pacific airport services officer is claiming HK$2.3 million in damages from the airline after she hurt her ankle while assisting two 60-year- old passengers up an escalator in 1998.

The Standard reports that Cathay lawyers succeeded on Friday to have the court first hear them contest the "prospects of success" of such a claim as well as whether the aircraft carrier is liable for the injury.

Arguments as to how much pain and financial loss was suffered as a result of the ankle injury, a far more costly exercise, should be heard only if liability is established, Cathay argued.

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