What is the range of general damages in a motor vehicle accident case?

In pre-trilogy days, damages in injury cases were usually awarded globally. That is, after the court took into consideration the several factors relevant to the loss, it would set a figure representing the total sum of all heads of damage. Today awards are made otherwise. In Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alta. Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229, [1978] 1 W.W.R. 577 at 580, 3 C.C.L.T. 225, 83 D.L.R. (3d) 452, 8 A.R. 182, 19 N.R. 50, Dickson J. said: The method of assessing general damages in separate amounts, as has been done in this case, in my opinion, is a sound one. It is the only way in which any meaningful review of the award is possible on appeal and the only way of affording reasonable guidance in future cases. Equally important, it discloses to the litigants and their advisers the components of the overall award, assuring them thereby that each of the various heads of damage going to make up the claim has been given thoughtful consideration.