What is the test for an award for future care costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sangra (Guardian ad litem of) v. Lima, 2015 BCSC 2350 (CanLII):
In addition to covering expenses that the medical evidence establishes are actually required, an award for future care costs is also meant to provide for the real and substantial possibility of loss: Cumpf v. Barbuta, 2014 BCSC 1898 at para. 165; Clost at para. 448.
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