Compensation for Vacation and Sick Time
I was forced to use up vacation / sick days in order to take time off from work to recover from my injuries. Will I be compensated for the benefits I was forced to use up? All too often individuals
Read More →Income Loss for a University Student
If I am a university student without set career plans when I am injured, how will the court assess my income loss? What if I have no work history because I spent my summers volunteering at church? In my previous
Read More →Loss of Capacity for a Stoic Grandmother
If I am barely holding on despite working reduced hours, will I get compensated for the chance that I’ll be unable to continue holding on in the future? Last week’s summary looked at this same case (Beaton v Perkes 2016 BCSC 2276),
Read More →Loss of earning capacity where there is no past income loss
If I fail to satisfy the judge that my injuries caused me to miss work since the crash, does that mean I won’t receive compensation for future income loss? What if the evidence is clear that my work options are
Read More →Loss of a Career as a Competitive Athlete
If I think I would have started to earn income from my athletic pursuits if I hadn’t been hurt, will I be compensated for that loss? In the recent judgment of the British Columbia Supreme Court (indexed at Cirillo v
Read More →Proving future loss of earnings
If you missed work initially after injury, does that prove you’ll miss work in the future? What if your recollection about ongoing missed work is unreliable and your worries about your current role are unsubstantiated? In this week’s case of
Read More →Future Loss of Earning Capacity
Before my crash I was able to take on many types of employment as jobs became available to me. I was able to work between semesters at school without restriction. Since my crash I am limited to less physical jobs
Read More →Past Loss of Income and Credibility
On top of the initial period of time off work following my crash, I have had to take sick days here and there to recover from my injuries. I haven’t been keeping track of my crash related sick days. Is
Read More →Loss of earning capacity for one day per week missed
How does a court assess the value of future missed work? If I continue to miss one day of work per week due to my injuries, how will that be quantified? In this week’s Supreme Court decision (Woelders v. Gaudette,
Read More →Assessment of Loss of Earning Capacity
If a loss of capacity is supposed to be an assessment, not a calculation, is there a need for economic evidence? In Dunbar v. Mendez, (2016 BCCA 211), the trial judge assessed the plaintiff’s loss of capacity to earn income
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