What is the test for deducting future attendant care payments?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hutchings v. Dow, 2007 BCSC 1085 (CanLII):
The plaintiff referred to the judgment of Shabbits J. in Yon v. Tardiff (1993) B.C.J. No. 2994 where he refused to deduct any future attendant care on the basis that the plaintiff in a court action should not be arbitrarily prevented from using his award for attendant care in his family’s home under the care of his family.
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