What is the test for calculating future care costs in a medical malpractice case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cummings v. Hitt, 2015 BCSC 530 (CanLII):
In addition to being medically necessary, future care costs must be justified because they are 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 its cost in a future care award: Izony v. Weidlich, 2005 BCSC 1315.
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