In a personal injury action, can a plaintiff claim damages for providing some solace but not likely to result in medical improvement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jacobs v Basil, 2017 BCSC 1339 (CanLII):
As noted in Harrington v. Sangha, 2011 BCSC 1035, at para. 153: Measures that provide some solace but are not likely to result in medical improvement ought to be compensated for under the head of general damages rather than an expense that is compensable as a cost of future care.
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