What is the test for an award for future care for a plaintiff who suffers from multiple sclerosis?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Carson v Ehman, 2019 BCSC 2120 (CanLII):
An award for the cost of future care must be based on medical evidence of what is reasonably necessary to preserve and promote the plaintiff’s mental and physical health: Gignac v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2012 BCCA 351.
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