What is the test for determining damages for future earnings loss?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Liu v. Hansen, 1996 CanLII 3152 (BC SC):
126. In determining damages for loss of future earning capacity, I am required to assess whether a capital asset has been lost, and if so what was its value. In Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alta. Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229, Dickson J. stated at p. 251: 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...
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