How is cost of future care established if there is a medical justification for the claim?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Jacobs v Basil, 2017 BCSC 1339 (CanLII):

Cost of future care is established if there is a medical justification for the claim, and the claim is reasonable: Aberdeen v. Zanatta, 2008 BCCA 420, at para. 42.

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