What is the effect of a jury’s decision in a motor vehicle accident case when they are asked to award a jury a verdict of 2,000 for loss of a leg?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rieger et al. v. Burgess et al., 1986 CanLII 3360 (SK QB):
In that case Lord Denning said, at p. 575: “Take Every v. Miles: if the jury knew that the conventional figure for loss of a leg was £.4,000 and £6,000, they would wish their figure of £.2,000 to be corrected.”
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