What is the legal test for calculating the quantum of damages for a plaintiff’s injuries?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Redmile v Beaulieu, 2019 BCSC 1571 (CanLII):
The inherent difficulties of assessing awards for hypothetical events are well‑known. The exercise has been described as “gazing into a crystal ball.” In the end, it is the trial judge’s sense of what is fair compensation. There is much more art than science in the process: Shapiro v. Dailey, 2012 BCCA 128 at para. 40.
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