Is a plaintiff's claim for housekeeping and yard work reasonable after assumed knee surgery justified?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Grewal v. Naumann, 2015 BCSC 1147 (CanLII):
The plaintiff’s claims for housekeeping and yard work are made to extend for the plaintiff’s lifetime and after assumed knee surgery. The defence submits that the plaintiff in this case is able to do all housekeeping and yard work that is necessary, but he sometimes has to accommodate by taking micro breaks while, for example, vacuuming or cutting the grass. As in Travis v. Kwon, 2009 BCSC 63, it is submitted that any claim for housekeeping assistance is not medically justified and is better dealt with, if at all, in non-pecuniary damages.
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