What are punitive damages for defamation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from United Ventures Fitness Inc. v. Twist, 2019 ONSC 3613 (CanLII):
Where the plaintiff has made a claim for defamation, punitive damages may be awarded where the defendant’s conduct is “so malicious, oppressive and high-handed that it offends the court’ sense of decency…. Their aim is not to compensate the plaintiff, but rather to punish the defendant. It is the means by which the jury or judge expresses its outrage at the egregious conduct of the defendant.”: Hill v. Church of Scientology, at para. 196.
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