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Tort 2017 BCSC 644

Rousta v. MacKay

Trial judgment from a rear-end collision claim awarding the plaintiff damages for pain and suffering, diminished earning capacity, future care and special damages.

  • Damages assessment
  • Loss of earning capacity
  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Cost of future care
  • Causation
  • Expert evidence admissibility and weight
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Tort 2007 NSSC 375

Connolly v. Royal Bank of Canada

No liability: plaintiff failed to establish an untrue or misleading representation or a concrete undertaking by the Bank prior to the diagnosis that rendered Margaret uninsurable; the Bank took reasonable steps to respond to the December 3, 2001 instruction (telephone attempts and a January 9 voicemail) and therefore did not negligently perform any service or make a negligent misrepresentation; claim dismissed.

  • Negligent misrepresentation
  • Negligent performance of a service
  • Pure economic loss
  • Duty of care
  • Vicarious liability
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Tort 2003 NSCA 76

Fraser v. Westminer Canada Ltd.

Appeal dismissed because respondents owed no duty of care to appellants: although harm was foreseeable, the required proximity was absent and recognition of the proposed duty would create indeterminate liability and other adverse policy consequences; therefore negligence recovery for the appellants’ pure economic loss was precluded.

  • Duty of care
  • Pure economic loss
  • Proximity
  • Indeterminate liability
  • Anns/kamloops test
  • Relational economic loss
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Torts 2001 BCSC 1474

Holder v. MacLean

Motor vehicle damages assessment where the plaintiff proved injury-related impairment, but failed to prove past or future loss of earning capacity.

  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Loss of earning capacity
  • Special damages
  • Future care costs
  • Evidentiary proof of income loss
  • Non-pecuniary-damages
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Personal injury 1999 BCCA 1

Anderson v. Lancaster

The Court of Appeal increased future economic loss damages, finding the trial judge underestimated impaired earning capacity and relationship-related loss, but upheld non-pecuniary damages.

  • Non-pecuniary damages
  • Future economic loss
  • Impaired earning capacity
  • Loss of chance
  • Loss of opportunity to form interdependent relationship
  • Fresh evidence
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Tort [1996] 2 SCR 1071

D'Amato v. Badger

The Supreme Court of Canada held that Arbor could not recover pure economic loss for injury to its key shareholder-employee, but restored D’Amato’s loss of earning capacity award.

  • Pure economic loss
  • Relational economic loss
  • Loss of earning capacity
  • Proximity
  • Foreseeability
  • Anns test
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