What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff has a mental health issue or mental disability?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dobbin v. Siewert, 2013 BCSC 1153 (CanLII):
The plaintiff has the onus of establishing that the future care costs are reasonably necessary based upon medical evidence to promote her mental and physical health: Milina v. Bartsch, (1985), 1985 CanLII 179 (BC SC), 49 B.C.L.R. (2d) 33 (S.C.) (affirmed (1987), 49 B.C.L.R. (2d) 99 (C.A.)) at page 78.
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