Does the thin skull rule, or “thin skull rule” apply to the quantum of an award?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Johal v. Meyede, 2013 BCSC 2381 (CanLII):
Counsel also agreed that a pre-existing vulnerability (“thin skull rule”) should not take away from the quantum of an award: Athey v. Leonati, 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458.
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