In actions for personal injuries, the court is constantly required to form an estimate of chances and risks which cannot be determined with anything like precision; for example, the possibility that the injury will improve, or deteriorate, or the possibility of improved earnings if the accident had not occurred.
The necessity that the damages should be full and adequate was stressed, though perfect compensation for injuries suffered is not possible.
Citations:
21 LT 326, (1869) 18 WR 66
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Dryden and Others v Johnson Matthey Plc SC 21-Mar-2018
Sensitisation to salt can be personal injury
The claimants, had developed platinum salt sensitisation due to the defendant employer’s breach of health and safety regulations and common law duty, claimed a cause of action for personal injury. Platinum salt sensitisation is, in itself, an . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Personal Injury, Damages
Updated: 20 October 2022; Ref: scu.660783