What is the test for assessing punitive damages in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gillis v. Eagleson, 1996 CanLII 8197 (ON SC):
I admit to problems in assessing punitive damages in this case in view of recent decisions in which punitive damages have been assessed by other courts because of the great variation in the amounts awarded. Norberg v. Wynrib, 1992 CanLII 65 (SCC), [1992] 2 S.C.R. 226.
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