Are there any cases where a plaintiff has been awarded aggravated damages for a motor vehicle accident?
Northwest Territories, Canada
The following excerpt is from Goodzeck v Bassett Petroleum, 2006 NWTSC 71 (CanLII):
Aggravated damages are compensatory in nature and can only be awarded for that purpose. Vorvis v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia 1989 CanLII 93 (SCC), [1989] S.C.J. No.46, at para.16.
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