In what circumstances will a plaintiff be awarded punitive damages?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Marlowe v. Ashland Canada Inc., 2001 BCSC 954 (CanLII):
In deciding whether to award punitive damages, I am obliged to give very careful consideration to all of the circumstances and to exercise my discretion to make such an award with caution: Vorvis v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (1989), 1989 CanLII 93 (SCC), 58 D.L.R. (4th) 193 (S.C.C.) at page 206.
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