When will a court award a cost of future care award for a plaintiff?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cunningham v Greer, 2019 BCSC 1208 (CanLII):
When determining a cost of future care award, the court should try to restore the plaintiff, as best as possible with a monetary award, to the position he would have been in had the accident not occurred. The award is based on what is reasonably necessary on the medical evidence to promote the mental and physical health of the plaintiff: Gignac v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2012 BCCA 351 at paras. 29-30.
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