What is the test for estimating a plaintiff’s earnings loss?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Evans v Keill, 2018 BCSC 1651 (CanLII):
Even though the claim may not readily be measurable on an earnings analysis, earnings projections may provide a starting point for the assessment of the plaintiff’s loss: O’Brien v. Cernovec, 2016 BCSC 1881 at para. 143. Both positive and negative contingencies should be taken into account in the analysis.
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