What is the test for a plaintiff who has not pursued a course of recommended treatment?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hauk v Shatzko, 2020 BCSC 344 (CanLII):

Where a plaintiff has not pursued a course of recommended treatment, the onus is on the defendant to prove that the plaintiff acted unreasonably: Chiu v. Chiu, 2002 BCCA 618 at para. 57.

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