Pain and Suffering

Pain and suffering is compensation for pain, suffering, disability, inconvenience, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of expectation of life. In 1978 the Supreme Court of Canada imposed an arbitrary limit of $100,000 on the damages that can be awarded for pain and suffering in cases of severe and devastating injuries. This increases each year with the rate of inflation.

Here are some examples of pain and suffering trial awards Slater Vecchio has achieved for our clients:

• Terracciano (Guardian ad litem of) v. Etheridge, 1997 BCSC, B943125 - Awarded the maximum in 1997 of $255,000
• Spehar (Guardian ad litem of) v. Beazley, 2004 BCSC 926 - Awarded the maximum in 2004 of $280,000
• Aberdeen v. Township of Langley, 2007 BCSC 993 - Awarded the maximum in 2007 of $311,000
• Sammartino v. Hiebert, 1996 BCSC, B822857 - $175,000
• Frers v. De Moulin, 2002 BCSC 408 - $220,000
• Roussin v. Bouzenad, 2005 BCSC 1719 - $200,000
• Fox v. Danis, 2005 BCSC 102 - $100,000
• Heringa v. Mah, 2000 BCCA 490 - $253,000
• Kerr v. Paterson, BCSC 2007, M033506 - $321,000 (Jury awarded $700,000, but reduced to the 2007 maximum by the trial judge) (PDF 384KB)
• G v. B, 2004 BCSC 1157 - Awarded the maximum in 2004 of $294,000