What is the test for assessing head of damages in a personal injury case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Walker v. Leung, 2014 BCSC 1623 (CanLII):
The principles to be applied in the assessment of this head of damages were described by Madam Justice Fitzpatrick in Langille v. Nguyen, 2013 BCSC 1460 at paras. 231 – 33, 50 M.V.R. (6th) 132:
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