Calculating (Difficult to Predict) Loss of Future Earning Capacity-
Layes v. Stevens, 2018 BCCA 415
Calculating loss of future earning capacity is often a complex task for BC courts. The B.C Court of Appeal recently sought to provide some guidance on the issue in Layes decision, when faced with calculating loss of future earning capacity that is difficult to predict. Brief Facts The plaintiff suffered serious injuries in a motor vehicle accident. She was in her mid-twenties and did not have a settled pattern of employment. At trial, although the trial judge accepted that th