What is the test for calculating future earnings after a motor vehicle accident?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Healey v Chung, 2019 BCSC 1429 (CanLII):

The plaintiff argued that the task is to take into account his future earnings as if the accident had not occurred and compare that amount to what he is likely to have earned after the accident, subject to the overall consideration of fairness and reasonableness of an award. See Gregory v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2011 BCCA 144 at para. 32.

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