What are the damages that flow directly from an injury?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Forsey v. Burin Peninsula Marine Service Centre, 2014 FC 974 (CanLII):
The general rule about recovery of damages remains that set out in Hadley v. Baxendale (1854), 156 E.R. 145 that damages that flow directly from an injury are recoverable.
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