What is the test for determining whether a future care item is reasonable and medically justified?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Morgan v Ziggiotti, 2021 BCSC 106 (CanLII):
It is important to recognize the distinction between whether a cost of future care item is reasonable and medically justified as opposed to being medically necessary. The court in Brennan v. Singh, 1999 CanLII 6932 (B.C.S.C.) at paras. 80, 85-89 rejected the argument that awards for future care were to be assessed against the standard of medical necessity. Future care items must have a medical justification, and be reasonable to promote the plaintiff’s mental and physical health, taking into account the plaintiff’s preferences.
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