What are the damages for future care?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hefferland v. Fink, 1995 CanLII 2047 (BC SC):
36 As to damages for future care it cannot be determined with any degree of accuracy. The court must simply do the best it can to quantify the damages. B.C. Hydro v. Marathon Realty (1992), 1 C.L.R. (2d) 270 B.C.C.A.
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