What is the "earnings approach" used by the courts in determining damages for a plaintiff who has lost her job?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Prince v. Quinn, 2013 BCSC 716 (CanLII):
The earnings approach involves a form of math-oriented methodology such as (i) postulating a minimum annual income loss for the plaintiff’s remaining years of work, multiplying the annual projected loss by the number of remaining years and calculating a present value; or (ii) awarding the plaintiff’s entire annual income for a year or two: Steenblok; Gilbert v. Bottle, 2011 BCSC 1389 at para. 233.
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