last week a British Columbia jury awarded former UFC competitor Jason Day roughly $340,000 complying with what [turned out to be] a profession ending motor car collision.
Day was struck on his bicycle by an SUV as well as sustained chronic soft tissue injuries to his knees as well as ankles. While the injuries did not avoid him from pursuing numerous endeavors they shown as well much for the high physical toll of MMA as well as he never fought again. John Cameron, Day’s lawyer, verified that the jury awarded $50,000 for ‘diminished earning capacity’ which showed the monetary realities of the lost profession to Day.
The jury was far much more robust in their non-pecuniary evaluation (money for pain as well as suffering as well as loss of pleasure of life) as well as evaluated damages for this loss at $325,000, a figure near the high end of what can be awarded in Canada, likely in an acknowledgement of the excellent loss of a sport Day devoted numerous years of his life to. The worldwide award was then decreased 10% to account for a discovering of contributory negligence on the part of Day.
It is uncertain if ICBC (the insurance provider for the at fault motorist) is going to appeal. The non-pecuniary award is susceptible to charm as it is close to Canada’s ‘rough Camiseta Stade Rennais FC upper limit’ which is reserved normally for catastrophic injuries as well as currently is at about $360K.
Hopefully there is no charm as well as the insurance provider aspects the jury’s evaluation for the non-pecuniary loss of an MMA career.
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Update September 10, 2014 – yesterday Jason Day verified through twitter that there is certainly an charm being introduced by the support insurance provider in this matter. I will update this short article if/when the charm concludes.
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