Is it reasonable for a defendant to charge for the care of a member of his family who has been injured in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Helgason v. Bosa, 2010 BCSC 1756 (CanLII):
In Travis v. Kwon, 2009 BCSC 63, the court held that while “The defendants cannot expect a family member to take on an unreasonable burden created by injuries to another member of the family, it is not reasonable to expect defendants to pay to have someone perform services that can and should reasonably be taken on by members of the family.”
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