What is the test for determining the appropriate compensation for a plaintiff in a personal injury case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hill v. Swayne, 2012 BCSC 1126 (CanLII):
The compensation awarded must be fair to all parties, and fairness is measured against awards made in comparable cases. Such cases, though helpful, serve only as a rough guide. Each case depends on its own unique facts: Trites v. Penner, 2010 BCSC 882 at paras. 188-189.
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