When will a court order that a plaintiff be able to pursue a career in a different profession?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Smith v. Both, 2013 BCSC 1995 (CanLII):

When calculating the possibilities, a court must consider that the plaintiff has a duty to seek a line of work that she can pursue despite her injuries: Parypa v. Wickware,1999 BCCA 88 at para. 67.

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