Is there a real and substantial possibility of income loss arising from an event such as a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tait v Lemon, 2022 BCSC 4 (CanLII):
The existence of a real and substantial possibility of an event giving rise to an income loss may be obvious, such as where the plaintiff is unable to work at the time of trial due to injuries suffered in the accident; however, in other cases, the assessment is more difficult, such as where the plaintiff is employed at trial and is earning at or near his or her pre-accident income but has continuing deficits or is exposed to future problems: Rab v. Prescott, 2021 BCCA 345 at paras. 28-29 [Rab].
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