What is the test for calculating future care costs in a medical malpractice action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wong v. Hemmings, 2012 BCSC 907 (CanLII):
Future care costs will be justified when it is shown that they are medically necessary and likely to be incurred by the plaintiff. The award of damages is thus a matter of prediction as to what will happen in the future. If a plaintiff has not used a particular item or service in the past, it may be inappropriate to include the cost of that item or service in a future care award: Izony v. Weidlich, 2006 BCSC 1315, at para. 74.
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