What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff is entitled to claim damages for past income loss?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wiebe v Wiebe, 2017 BCSC 898 (CanLII):
As in the case of past income loss, hypothetical events (such as how a plaintiff’s life would have proceeded but for the accident) or future events are given weight according to their relative likelihood: Parypa v. Wickware, 1999 BCCA 88 at para. 66.
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