What is the test for assessing damages in favour of plaintiffs in a civil case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Biskey v. Corp. Of The Municipality Of Chatham-Kent, 2011 ONSC 413 (CanLII):
It therefore follows that my assessment of damages in favour of the plaintiffs must be based on the fourth principle in Mustapha v. Culligan, namely that the plaintiffs’ damages must be caused, in fact and in law, by the defendants’ negligence and breach of duty to them, and must not be too remote. The Excavation:
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