What is the effect of the trial judge's decision not to award damages in a personal injury case?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Eastern Power Limited v. Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation, 2010 ONCA 467 (CanLII):

Although the trial judge's decision not to award damages is perhaps understandable, I find her resolution of this issue to be both unsatisfactory and inconsistent with what this court ultimately decided in Martin v. Goldfarb.

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