What is the test for calculating future loss of earnings for a plaintiff?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dodge v. Canada (Attorney General), 1995 CanLII 1296 (BC SC):
60 In Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alta. Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229, 1 W.W.R. 577, 83 D.L.R. (3d) 452, when considering future loss of earnings, Dickson J. said: We must now gaze more deeply into the crystal ball. What sort of a career would the accident victim have had? What were his prospects and potential prior to the accident? It is not loss of earnings but, rather, loss of earning capacity for which compensation must be made...A capital asset has been lost: what was its value? (at p. 251)
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