It was Susan’s turn to drive her three classmates to university, this time for the final exam in the business law course. Unfortunately she had left home late, and by the time she had picked up everyone else, they were in serious risk of arriving at least ten minutes after the exam began. The weather was not good and the roads were obviously slippery—there were cars off to the side of the road in a number of locations. Susan’s friends urged her to speed up, which she did, although as a relatively inexperienced driver she was uncomfortable handling the car under these conditions. As she approached a major intersection the light turned amber and Susan braked. The car began sliding and Susan instinctively braked harder, causing the car to go out of control and enter the intersection into the path of a car proceeding on a green light from the cross street. In the subsequent collision, one of the passengers in Susan’s car, Jean-Guy, was seriously injured.
The police arrived and, after investigating the case, charged Susan with dangerous driving under the Criminal Code of Canada. In time it became clear that Jean-Guy’s injuries had resulted not only in short-term harm—for example, he could not sit his exam and had fallen behind one term in his program—but also permanent damage. In particular, his right arm and wrist were shattered and, being right-handed, he has and will continue to have real difficulty with manual dexterity. He was planning a career in IT and finds that these injuries severely impact his ability to perform basic tasks. For what categories of damages will Jean-Guy seek compensation?