What are the legal principles that apply to the determination of a claim for cost of future care?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ratelle v Barton, 2022 BCSC 22 (CanLII):

In Peters v. Ortner, 2013 BCSC 1861 at paras. 141 to 145, Justice Harris usefully summarized the legal principles that apply to the determination of claims for cost of future care, writing:

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