In a personal injury action, is there any case law that supports a claim for housekeeping costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jurczak v. Mauro, 2013 BCSC 658 (CanLII):
In Travis v. Kwon, 2009 BCSC 63, the court stated at para. 114 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. The court also stated at para. 128, "In my view, the claims advanced for housekeeping in this case are better dealt with under non-pecuniary damages and an allowance will be made there.”
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