It was Susan’s turn to drive her three classmates to university, this me for the final exam in the business law course. Unfortunately she had led home late, and by the me she had picked up everyone else, they were in serious danger of arriving at least 10 minutes are the exam began. The weather was not good and the roads were obviously slippery—there were cars off to the side of the road in a number of locations. Susan’s friends urged her to speed up, which she did, although as a relatively inexperienced driver she was uncomfortable handling the car under these conditions. As she approached a major intersection, the light turned amber, and Susan braked. When the car began to slide, Susan inclusively braked harder, causing the car to go out of control and enter the intersection, where it slide straight into the path of a car proceeding on a green light from the cross street. In the subsequent collision, one of the passengers in Susan’s car, Jean-Guy, was seriously injured.
The police arrived and, are investigate the case, charged Susan with dangerous driving under the Criminal Code. In me it became clear that Jean-Guy’s injuries had resulted not only in short-term harm—for example, because he could not sit his exam, he fell behind one term in his program—but also in permanent damage. In particular, his right arm and wrist were shared and, being right-handed, he has and will continue to have limited manual dexterity. He was planning a career in IT and finds that these injuries severely affect his ability to perform basic tasks. For what categories of damages will Jean-Guy seek compensation?
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