March 23, 2021
B Ontario Human Rights Claims by Civil Action
| Case | Year | Summary | Award |
| Silvera v Olympia | OSC 2015 | Sexual assault – touching | $30,000 as Human Rights damages. Action was undefended. Additional tort damages were awarded, as set out below. |
| Doyle v Zochem | OCA 2017 | Sexual harassment | $25,000 for the Code violation of sexual harassment. The issue on appeal focused on the additional award made of $60,000 for moral damages, which was upheld by the Court of Appeal. The award of human rights damages was seen as one serving a distinct purpose although the “same conduct may ground separate awards”. Human rights awards are designed, the court noted, to compensate for the loss of “the right to be free from discrimination and the experience of victimization”. |
| Strudwick v Applied Consumer & Clinical | OCA 2016 | abusive treatment due to deafness | OCA increased trial award from $20,000 to $40,000 |
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