What are awards for past wage loss for an injured person?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ma. v. Haniak, 2017 BCSC 549 (CanLII):
Awards for past wage loss are designed to address an injured person’s capacity to earn income based on a balance of probabilities, as described in Schellak v. Barr and Duplessis, 2003 BCCA 5:
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