Rutter v, Adams 2016 BCSC 554 |
[312] The defendants dispute this claim.
[313] Mr. Scarrow’s Accelerated Depreciation Assessment Report, dated September 8, 2011, includes the following:
It is my opinion the result of the collision repairs upon the vehicles Actual Cash Value was accelerated in terms of depreciation by Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars [$2500/Cdn.] plus applicable taxes.
[314] As set out in Signorello v. Khan, 2010 BCSC 1448 (CanLII), such losses can include a “loss of use and the inconvenience of having to return the vehicle on several occasions” (at para. 33). I am satisfied that the Fletchers suffered these losses. Their claim for damages for accelerated depreciation and loss of use is allowed in full. I award $2,500.
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