What is the range of damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenities?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dubitski v. Barbieri, 2006 ABCA 304 (CanLII):
The award for pain, suffering and loss of amenities was a little below some other reported cases, but not dramatically, and certainly not by a multiple. It is not right outside a proper range, and clearly does not meet the classic English appellate test of “so inordinately low . . . that it must be a wholly erroneous estimate of the damage.” See the authorities in Nance v. B.C. Elec. Ry. 1951 CanLII 374 (UK JCPC), [1951] A.C. 601, 613 (P.C.(B.C.)).
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