Test for Mental Injury the Same in Contract as Tort
Personal injury lawyers should know this wrongful dismissal contract case, as the employer successfully appealed a $30,000 mental distress award for aggravated damages. The Court of Appeal found there was no evidentiary foundation for a mental injury award for aggravated damages despite the Supreme Court Case Saadati (Lau v. Royal Bank of Canada,2017 BCCA 253). In…