What is the test for punitive damages against the Church of Scientology?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rec Holdings Co. Ltd. v. Thorne, 1997 CanLII 4367 (BC SC):
148. In Hill v. Church of Scientology, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130 the court stated at page 1208: Punitive damages may be awarded in situations where the defendants misconduct is so malicious, oppressive and highhanded that it offends the court's sense of decency . . .
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