Does a plaintiff have to continue to work in partnership with her injured husband to earn income?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hans v. Volvo Trucks North America Inc., 2016 BCSC 1155 (CanLII):
In Meyer v. Wadsworth, [1995] B.C.J. 1558 (S.C.) [Meyer], Drake J. was required to assess the past income loss of the plaintiff who had worked in partnership with her uninjured husband to earn income.
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