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Wrongful Death Damages Assessed by Judge as if Case was Assessed by a Jury<\/strong>.  Plaintiffs had to drop the jury because of Covid-19 restrictions, but the court nonetheless awarded damages on a scale that could have been upheld on appeal if the assessment was rendered by a jury, even though that amount would likely set aside on appeal if awarded by a judge alone.  This is a great case reminding us of some of the seminal features of wrongful death claims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. There is no statutory cap on damage awards for \u201cthe loss of guidance, care or companionship\u201d under s.61(2)(e) of the FLA (\u201cFLA Damages\u201d);<\/li>
  2. There is a judicially imposed cap for FLA Damages pursuant to Fiddler v. Chiavetti<\/em>, 2010 ONCA 210, ($125,000 in 2005, and roughly $160,000 in 2020) (the \u201cFLA Cap\u201d);<\/li>
  3. The FLA Cap does not necessarily apply to jury awards, where the Court of Appeal has refused to interfere with FLA Damage awards as high as $250,000 (Moore v. 7595611 Canada Corp<\/em>., 2021 ONCA 459<\/a>);<\/li>
  4. There is no statutory cap on damages for \u201cpain and suffering damages\u201d suffered by deceased people (brought by their estates) under section 38 of the Trustees Act<\/em> (\u201cEstate BI Damages\u201d);<\/li>
  5. There is a judicially imposed cap on Estate BI Damages, initially imposed in Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd. <\/em>1978 CanLII 1 (SCC)<\/a> (then $100,000.00, now roughly $403,000);<\/li>
  6. All the damage caps referred to above are not applicable when the death or injury was caused by intentional wrongdoing involving criminal behaviour.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Since the deaths in this case were caused by acts of terrorism, the court departed from the caps, and awarded Estate BI Damages in the sum of $1Million, and n 1978 and valued at about $402,850 in today\u2019s dollars) does not apply in cases of intentional wrongdoing involving criminal behaviour, such as here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It is very noteworthy that in relation to the FLA Damages, the court considered it proper to avoid the \u201chigh end\u201d suggested for judge-alone trials \u201cgiven the thwarted jury request\u201d because of COVID-19, and award $200,000 to each of the four eligible plaintiffs which is more likely what the plaintiffs would have been awarded had the case proceeded with a jury.  Indeed, the judge said \u201cin my view, there is every likelihood, on the evidence herein and with the additional advantage of oral testimony, that if a jury had heard this matter, as was originally intended, they would have awarded the $250,000 amount requested by the plaintiffs<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Zarei v. Iran<\/em><\/strong>, 2021 ONSC 8569<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2021\/2021canlii134795\/2021canlii134795.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Wrongful Death Damages Assessed by Judge as if Case was Assessed by a Jury.  Plaintiffs had to drop the jury because of Covid-19 restrictions, but the court nonetheless awarded damages on a scale that could have been upheld on appeal if the assessment was rendered by a jury, even though that amount would likely set… Continue reading Wrongful Death Damages Assessed by Judge as if Case was Assessed by a Jury<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-7804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-damages","tag-family-law-act-damages","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nWrongful Death Damages Assessed by Judge as if Case was Assessed by a Jury - 360Mediations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recent case outlines the essential elements of damages in Wrongful Death claims and how they are treated when the death or injury arises from intentional criminal acts: terrorism in this case.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.360mediations.com\/en\/7804-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wrongful Death Damages Assessed by Judge as if Case was Assessed by a Jury - 360Mediations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recent case outlines the essential elements of damages in Wrongful Death claims and how they are treated when the death or injury arises from intentional criminal acts: terrorism in this case.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mail.360mediations.com\/en\/7804-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"360Mediations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/360Mediations-120028596572318\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/360Mediations-120028596572318\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-16T18:37:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-16T18:40:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.360mediations.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/COURT-DECISIONS-360MEDIATIONS-1x1-1.png?fit=406%2C322&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"406\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"322\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David M. 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