What is the test for medical expenses in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Miley v. Abulaban, 2014 BCSC 1472 (CanLII):
The injured person must establish medical justification for each expense and each expense must be reasonable: Aberdeen v. Langley (Township), 2007 BCSC 993 at para. 198, varied an issue of contributory negligence; 2008 BCCA 420.
Medical justification is not limited to doctors’ opinions, but such evidence may come from qualified health practitioners: Gregory v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, 2011 BCCA 144 at para. 39:
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