What is the current state of the law on future care costs?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Balint v Lewandowski, 2021 BCSC 1316 (CanLII):

Future care costs must be reasonable as between the parties and supported by a medical justification (Gao v. Dietrich, 2018 BCCA 372, at paras. 68-70).

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