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Supreme Court of Canada upholds punitive and exemplary damages at $1M mark

The Supreme Court of Canada set the punitive damages criteria/limit in Canada in the precedent-setting case of Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co.

The initial case was heard in the Ontario Supreme Court, and Whiten was awarded one million dollars in punitive damages. Pilot Insurance appealed the case to the Ontario Court of Appeal, in which the punitive damages award was reduced to $100,000. Whiten then appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, in which the SCC restored the initial one million dollars in punitive damages awarded.

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Hamyaari Media: Gathering of families affected by BC’s “death due to negligence” law

As seen in Hamyaari Media by Massoud Sakhaipour, 16th May 2022. Original article English translation On Saturday, May 7, 2022, on the occasion of Mother’s Day, a rally was held at 1:00 PM in McBride Park in Vancouver with the presence of a number of families affected by the “Death due to negligence” law in […]

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