What factors are considered in determining damages for loss of income capacity on a capital asset approach?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wiseman v Wang, 2019 BCSC 1320 (CanLII):
In Jossy v. Johnson, 2016 BCSC 1023 at para. 133, Skolrood J. discussed consideration of the factors that are engaged in the determination of an award of damages for loss of future income capacity on a capital asset approach where, as in this case, the plaintiff has no clear history of earnings. He wrote:
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