In a personal injury action, how have courts in BC dealt with future wage loss claims?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Han v. Park, 2013 BCSC 2296 (CanLII):
Ms. Han relies on Payne v. Lore, 2010 BCSC 1313. The plaintiff had been off work between the accident and the trial. In addition to past wage loss, the plaintiff sought an award for future income loss which was dismissed as the court rejected the claim of mild traumatic brain injury and found that she could return to work. However, in considering the reasonableness of an offer to settle at slightly more than the net award, the court also considered that the plaintiff’s claim was somewhat supported by medical evidence:
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