What is the proper assessment of past wage loss in a case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hanger v Shin, 2019 BCSC 99 (CanLII):

Justice Goepel canvassed the proper assessment of past wage loss in Grewal v. Naumann, 2017 BCCA 158. While he dissented in the outcome, the majority agreed with the following summary of the relevant principles (see para. 66):

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