What is the range of punitive damages in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Taseko Mines Limited v. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 2016 BCSC 109 (CanLII):
While compensatory damages are awarded primarily for the purpose of compensating a plaintiff for pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses suffered as a result of a defendant’s conduct, punitive damages are designed to address the purposes of retribution, deterrence and denunciation: Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co., [2002] 1 S.C.R. 595, 2002 SCC 18, at para. 43.
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