In a personal injury case, in what circumstances will the court order that common sense be considered as a factor in determining future care costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boudreau v Zhang, 2019 BCSC 1347 (CanLII):
In Penner v. Insurance Corp of British Columbia, 2011 BCCA 135 at para. 13, the court noted that common sense should inform awards of costs of future care, quoting from Travis v. Kwon, 2009 BCSC 63:
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