Can a plaintiff claim for loss of housekeeping capacity even if the services are provided gratuitously by family members?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Einboden v Porter, 2022 BCSC 29 (CanLII):
A plaintiff may claim for loss of housekeeping capacity even where the services are provided gratuitously by family members and an award for such a loss is an assessment not a precise calculation (Liu v. Bains, 2016 BCCA 374, paras. 25-29).
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