What is the test for a claim for the cost of future care?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Naidu v. Mann, 2007 BCSC 1313 (CanLII):
The test for whether an item should be allowed for the cost of future care is that set out by McLachlin J. (as she then was) in Milina v. Bartsch (1985), 1985 CanLII 179 (BC SC), 49 B.C.L.R. (2d) 33 at para. 199 (S.C.), aff’d (1987), 49 B.C.L.R. (2d) 99 (C.A.): there must be a medical justification for the claim for cost of future care, and the claim itself must be reasonable.
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