Can housekeeping costs form a head of recovery separate from non-pecuniary damages?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rhodes v Alaba, 2021 BCSC 787 (CanLII):
The Plaintiff cited Vienneau v. Dhaliwal, 2019 BCSC 1260, at para. 124, to support his submission that housekeeping costs can form a head of recovery separate from non-pecuniary damages where the plaintiff has suffered a true loss of capacity.
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