Is there an upper limit for the amount of non-pecuniary damages awarded at trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Maras v. Seemore Entertainment Ltd., 2014 BCSC 1121 (CanLII):
In appropriate cases, the trial judge may advise the jury that, as a matter of law and policy, there is an upper limit for an award of non-pecuniary damages: ter Neuzen v. Korn, 1995 CanLII 72 (SCC), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 674 at para. 111. One of the reasons for doing so is to prevent the jury from falling into error with respect to its assessment of damages.
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