What is the test for calculating net income loss for a plaintiff who was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2014?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sharma v MacDonald, 2017 BCSC 2121 (CanLII):
The court has the discretion to decide which period of time should be used to determine net income loss, and should be mindful that the plaintiff is to be put in the position he or she would have been in had the accident not occurred: Lines v. W & D Logging Co. Ltd., 2009 BCCA 106 at paras. 181 to 186.
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