The appellant's child was killed in an intersection collision.
The trial judge awarded $25,000 in damages under the Families' Compensation Act.
The Court of Appeal reduced the award to $12,500, stating the trial award was 'on the high side'.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal and restored the trial judgment, holding that an appellate court cannot substitute its own damages figure unless the trial judge applied a wrong principle of law or the award was a wholly erroneous estimate.
