What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff has lost a career as a result of a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Adkens v. Hunter, 2003 BCSC 97 (CanLII):
In Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., 1978 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229, 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: The Queen v. Jennings, supra. A capital asset has been lost: What was its value?
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