What is the legal framework for a claim for loss of future earning capacity?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lourenco v. Pham, 2013 BCSC 2090 (CanLII):

The legal framework regarding a claim for loss of future earning capacity was described by Madam Justice Dickson in Hardychuk v. Johnstone, 2012 BCSC 1359 at paras. 192-198:

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