Supreme Court

Decision Information

Stokes v Levesque and Csicsely

Court Supreme Court
Date 1995-08-04
Other citations (1995) – [1995] 9 W.W.R. 61 – [1996] N.W.T.R. 182 (S.C.) – 39 C.P.C. (3d) 74
File numbers CV 04210
Judge(s) Richard
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
Blake v. Midland Railway (1852) 18 Q.B.35
St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway v. Lett (1885) 11 S.C.R. 422
Grand Trunk Railway v. Jennings (1888) 13 App. Cas. 800 (P.C.)
Barnett v. Cohen [1921] 2 K.B. 461
Beauchamp v. Entem Estate (1986) 51 Sask. R. 99 (Q.B.)
Mason v. Peters (1980) 30 O.R. (2nd) 409 (H.C.)
Danchuk v. Murray (1979) 14 B.C.L.R. 270 (S.C.)
Louis v. Esslinger [1981] 3 W.W.R. 350 (B.C.S.C.)
Smith v. Cook (1981) 33 O.R. (2nd) 567 (H.C.)
Farnham v. Glass (1978) 8 Alta L.R. (2d) 81 (T.D.)
Alaffe v. Kennedy (1973) 40 D.L.R. 429 (N.S.T.D.)
Nickerson v. Forbes (1955) 1 D.L.R. (2d) 463 (N.S.C.A.)
Gorrill v. Ross (1980) 22 B.C.L.R. 140 (S.C.)
Leopold v. Knight (1980) 33 N.S.R. (2d) 654 (T.D.)
Reidy v. McLeod estate (1986) 54 O.R. (2d) 661 (C.A.)
Wenden v. Trikha (1991) 116 A.R. 81 (Q.B.)
Rowe v. Hanna (1989) 71 Alta L.R. (2d) 136 (Q.B.)

Statutes considered:
Fatal Accidents Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, ch F-3
Rules of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, Rule 242
Lord Campbell's Act
Decision information:

Abstract: Pre-trial application to determine a point of law. The issue is whether the Fatal Accidents Act allows a parent to recover damages for loss of care, guidance and companionship resulting from the wrongful death of a young child.
Decision: Statute does not allow a parent to recover damages from wrongful death of a young child.
Subjects: Damages - Fatal injuries - Family and dependants' compensation - Entitlement to compensation - Parents

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