Can the full amount bill for past medical treatment be introduced as evidence of the reasonable cost of future medical care?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hargrove v. City of Bakersfield, Case No.: 1:17-cv-1743 JLT (E.D. Cal. 2019):
Corenbaum v. Lampkin, 215 Cal.App.4th 1308, 1333 (2013), the court held that the full amount bill for past medical treatment, likewise cannot be introduced as evidence of the reasonable cost of future medical care.
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