What are the principles applied to an assessment of the cost of future care?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hinder v. Yellow Cab Company Ltd., 2015 BCSC 2069 (CanLII):

The principles to be applied to an assessment of the cost of future care are summarized by Madam Justice Fitzpatrick in Langille v. Nguyen, 2013 BCSC 1460, as follows:

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