What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff’s pre-existing depression would have led her to leave medical practice as a family doctor earlier than she intended?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Barkhuizen v Leguerrier, 2022 BCSC 153 (CanLII):
In order to adjust damages, there must be a real and substantial possibility that that the plaintiff’s pre-existing depression would have led him to leave medical practice as a family doctor earlier than intended, or specifically, before the age of 71: Zacharias v. Leys, 2005 BCCA 560 at para. 16.
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