What is the test for determining the range of general damages in a personal injury case?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Welburn v. Westfair Foods Ltd., 2000 MBQB 54 (CanLII):
As well I am reminded of the remarks of Scollin J. in Hrabchak v. Rennie (1994) M.J. 695 at page 13 where he noted that the process of fixing the amount of general damages is “…marked by an inevitable arbitrariness even after precedents are consulted. I recognize his experienced opinion and adopt his conclusion.
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