Quebec court awards $47,000 in damages to conjugal violence victim
Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $47,000 to a victim of conjugal violence in a recent ruling, a type of legal remedy advocates say they hope will become more common in domestic violence cases.
The woman sued for damages as a result of violence she suffered during and after her marriage, according to a judgment released this week. The defendant, her ex-husband, admitted to having been found guilty of several criminal charges including assault, assault with a weapon, theft and mischief, but countered that punitive damages weren’t appropriate because the three months he served as a sentence was sufficient punishment.
Justice Gregory Moore ruled in favour of the woman, saying punitive damages were needed because, while the ex-husband recognized material damages he caused to her apartment and car, he did not acknowledge “the physical, psychological and sexual prejudices’ suffered by the woman.“It is also necessary to make understand that he cannot express his anger by physical, psychological or sexual violence toward or anyone else,” the judge wrote.
The ruling says the couple were married for nine years, and there was violence from the start. The civil suit focused on several incidents from 2014 and 2015, which included physical violence and property damage.
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