a Canadian legal term describing the principle governing the amounts that can be awarded for damages arising from pain and suffering, originating in Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1, [1978] 2 SCR 229 (19 January 1978), Thornton v. School Dist. No. 57 (Prince George) et al., 1978 CanLII 12, [1978] 2 SCR 267 (19 January 1978), and Arnold v. Teno, 1978 CanLII 2, [1978] 2 SCR 287 (19 January 1978)
R. v. Mohan, 1994 CanLII 80, [1994] 2 SCR 9 (5 May 1994), held to apply to intellectual property cases in Masterpiece Inc. v. Alavida Lifestyles Inc., 2011 SCC 27, [2011] 2 SCR 387 (26 May 2011)
Schreiber v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 61 at par. 62, [2002] 3 SCR 269 (12 September 2002)