What is the impact of general contingencies on an award for future care?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Johnstone v Rogic, 2018 BCSC 988 (CanLII):
General contingencies may be taken into account where appropriate but where the adjustment to an award for future care is premised only on general contingencies, it should be modest: Gignac v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2012 BCCA 351, at para. 52.
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