What is the test for assessing the need for future care?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tahamtanzadeh v Borsboom, 2021 BCSC 1059 (CanLII):
The need for future care must be supported by a medical professional, which may include a non-doctor such as an occupational therapist. In addition, since damages for future care are assessed once and for all at the time of trial, an element of prediction is involved. The test is whether a reasonably-minded person of ample means would be ready to incur the expense (Suthakar v. Humble, 2016 BCSC 155, at para. 123; Cheema v. Khan, 2017 BCSC 974, at para. 166).
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