What is the evidentiary link that is required for an insurance company to have a claim for future care?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gulati v. Chan, 2015 BCSC 431 (CanLII):

In Gregory v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2011 BCCA 144, Madam Justice Garson explained the evidentiary link that is required between the injury and the recommended future care treatment:

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