Is there any case law in which a plaintiff can claim damages for past loss of income?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wang v Johal, 2019 BCSC 1036 (CanLII):
A claim for past loss of income is to be addressed on the basis of a lack of capacity, rather than as a mathematical formula. While pre-accident earnings are evidence of the value of earning capacity, they are not necessarily determinative its value, and the overall fairness and reasonableness of an award must be considered after taking all relevant circumstances into account: Ibbitson v. Cooper, 2012 BCCA 249 at para. 19.
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