What is the limitation of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Baumgartner Estate et al. v. Ripplinger and Weimer (defendants) and U.S.S. Oil Well Supply Co. Ltd. (third party), 1982 CanLII 2637 (SK QB):
Under the Act the right to recover damages is restricted to recovery of pecuniary loss deGrandpre, J., said in Keizer v. Banna, 1978 CanLII 28 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 342; 19 N.R. 209; 82 D.L.R. (3d) 449, at 467: Under the Fatal Accidents Act, what must be determined is the pecuniary benefit lost by the plaintiff because of the untimely death of the deceased. . . .
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