How is a future care cost award determined in a mental health case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from L.A.F. v G.M.F.C. Ltd., 2019 BCSC 2252 (CanLII):
A future care cost award is based on what is reasonably necessary on the medical evidence to preserve and promote the plaintiff’s mental and physical health. A claim for future care is established if there is medical justification for the claim, the claim is reasonable, and the expense is likely to be incurred by the plaintiff: Audet v. Chan, 2018 BCSC 1123 at paras. 114-115.
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