What are the relevant principles governing claims for the cost of future care?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Culver v Skrypnyk, 2019 BCSC 807 (CanLII):

The relevant principles governing claims for the cost of future care were addressed by Madam Justice Harris in, Peters v. Ortner, 2013 BCSC 1861 at paras. 141-145 as follows:

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