Is a jury's assessment of damages perverse or unreasonable?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jarbeau v. McLean, 2017 ONCA 115 (CanLII):
Whether a jury verdict is or is not perverse or unreasonable is a matter for an appellate court, not an issue to be dealt with by the trial judge: Lang v. McKenna, [2000] O.J. No. 2983, at para. 24. I have already concluded that the jury’s assessments of damages were not perverse. There was a significant punitive element in the trial judge’s reduction of costs, and that punitive element was not warranted.
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