Is there a match between heads of damage in the tort award and specific heads of damages under the s. 83 benefit recovery scheme?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ogilvie v. Mortimer, 2008 BCSC 634 (CanLII):

There need not be a match between the heads of damage in a tort award and specific heads of damages under the s. 83 benefit recovery scheme [Gurniak v. Nordquist, 2003 SCC 59, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 652].

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