Is a child entitled to damages under the doctrine of common law damages under which they are not entitled?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Charbonneau et al. v. Huff et al., 1984 CanLII 3817 (MB QB):
This reasoning supported and fol lowed in Vana v. Toata, [1968] S.C.R. 71, established that children are enti tled to damages for loss under this heading, while tied to the notion that pecuninary loss was suffered notionally or in fact.
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