What is the range of general damages for a plaintiff in her motor vehicle accident?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Castro v. Krause, 2015 BCSC 2074 (CanLII):

While the cases cited by counsel are useful in establishing a broad range for non-pecuniary damages, each case must be assessed individually depending on the nature of the injury sustained by the plaintiff and on an assessment of the factors set out in Stapely v. Hejslet, 2006 BCCA 34 at para. 46: (a) the age of the plaintiff; (b) the nature of the injury; (c) the severity and duration of pain; (d) the extent of any resulting disability; (e) emotional suffering; and (f) whether there has been an impairment in quality of life; …

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