What are the costs of massage therapy included in the award for non-pecuniary damages?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Scelsa v. Taylor, 2016 BCSC 1122 (CanLII):
Given the plaintiff’s testimony that massage therapy gave only temporary relief, the defendants submitted that given massage therapy is not is not a cure and lacks medical endorsement, any costs for it should be included in the award for non-pecuniary damages: see Gignac v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2012 BCCA 351 [Gignac].
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