What is the appropriate amount of compensation for a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kuras v. Repo, 2014 BCSC 1634 (CanLII):
The amount of compensation should be fair to all parties. Fairness is generally measured by reference to awards made in comparable cases; however, such cases, though helpful, can serve only as a rough guide because each case depends on its own unique facts: Trites v. Penner, 2010 BCSC 882, at paras. 188-189.
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