What factors will be considered when assessing general damages for pain and suffering?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Afework v Correa, 2019 BCSC 1672 (CanLII):

Some of the factors to be considered when assessing general damages for pain and suffering are set out in Stapley v. Hejslet, 2006 BCCA 34 at para. 46:

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