How is the law relevant to calculation and considerations of cost of future care?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Knight v Zenone, 2022 BCSC 99 (CanLII):
A relatively recent case of Mr. Justice Kent in Dzumhur v. Davoody, 2015 BCSC 2316 summarizes effectively, I find, the law relevant to calculation and considerations of cost of future care. Paragraph 244 is particularly germane to an analysis in this head of damages. It reads:
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