Is a plaintiff entitled to past loss of earnings as a result of the injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dabu v. Schwab, 2016 BCSC 613 (CanLII):
A claim for past loss of earnings is for the loss of earning capacity or the loss of the value of the work that the plaintiff would have performed but was unable to perform because of the injury (Rowe v. Bobell Express Ltd., 2005 BCCA 141, at para. 30).
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