Thus, the test for determining an appropriate award for costs of future care is “an objective one”, under which (i) “medical justification” must be shown for the items claimed, and (ii) the claims must be “reasonable”: Sendher at para. 193 citing Milina at p. 84. In Penner v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2011 BCCA 135 at para. 13, Newbury J.A. encouraged trial judges not to lose sight of “common sense” in assessing claims under this head, “however much they may be recommended by experts in the field”.
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