What are the errors of the trial judge in assessing damages for loss of future earning capacity?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from McKelvie v. Ng, 2001 BCCA 384 (CanLII):

The appellant says the trial judge erred: 1) in stating the test for causation and her reference to Athey v. Leonati 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458; 2) In misunderstanding the impact of the evidence concerning the plaintiff’s original position; and 3) In assessing damages for loss of future earning capacity both because of errors with respect to the effect of Athey, her misunderstanding of the evidence and because she took an approach which was too mathematical.

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