Does a plaintiff have to pay for surgery at a private clinic for shoulder surgery?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Engqvist v. Doyle, 2011 BCSC 1585 (CanLII):
In Moussa v. Awwad, 2010 BCSC 512, Russell J. considered a similar claim. The plaintiff suffered a shoulder injury and, after a lengthy period of investigation and diagnosis, elected to pay for repair surgery at a private clinic. He claimed the cost of that surgery as a special damage. Russell J. allowed the claim, saying:
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