In what circumstances will a judge adjust an award for damages in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Katotikidis v. Mr. Submarine Ltd., 2002 CanLII 49646 (ON SC):
In Lewis v. Todd (1980), 1980 CanLII 20 (SCC), 115 D.L.R. (3d) 257 (S.C.C.) at 267, Dickson J. stated: If the figures lead to an award which in all the circumstances seems to the judge to be inordinately high it is his duty, as 1 conceive it, to adjust those figures downward, and in like manner to adjust them upward if they lead to what seems to be an unusually low award.
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