What is our role in reviewing a jury award of damages?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Albert v. Politano, 2013 BCCA 194 (CanLII):
Our role has been summarized in Moskaleva v. Laurie, to which I have referred earlier. It contains a succinct summary of our role in reviewing a jury award of damages:
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