Is a plaintiff entitled to a portion of future care that will be publicly funded?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ryan v Lawson, 2019 BCSC 1389 (CanLII):

A plaintiff is not entitled to an award for that portion of their costs of future care that will be publicly funded. However, the risk that access to public funds may be lost in future is a proper basis to provide a contingency in the award: Boren v. Vancouver Resource Society for the Physically Disabled, 2003 BCCA 388 at para. 25.)

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