What is the test for calculating the range of damages in a personal injury action?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Parent v. Andrews, 2001 SKQB 266 (CanLII):
As noted in Demyen v. Sirounis, et al., supra, at p. 72: ... [T]hat when previous judgments are used to establish a range of damages, they must be adjusted for inflation during the period between the relevant date in the previous judgment and the relevant date in the cause before the court. The relevant date is the date on which the cause of action arose.
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