What is the medical justification standard for awarding future care awards?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Laliberte v Jarma, 2019 BCSC 968 (CanLII):
The legal principles governing cost of future care awards are based on the medical justification standard, as summarized by Collyer v. Boon, 2008 BCSC 1745:
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