Not exact matches
A: Your recovery in a personal injury action can include compensation for your medical expenses, hospital bills, income lost
because of missed work,
future medical or physical therapy expenses and compensation for any
loss of earning capacity resulting from the accident.
Guyle Clark, co-chair on the trial team explains, «We took Ryan's case to trial
because we did not feel that ICBC was adequately willing to compensate Ryan for his
future loss of earning capacity.»
If a loved one or relative dies
because of personal injury, wrongful death compensation may be given for: funeral expenses, medical expenses,
future medical care, lost wages,
future loss of earning capacity, pain, mental anguish, disfigurement, impairment,
loss of emotional support and companionship provided by spouse or parent; and
loss of household duties provided by spouse or parent.
However, the judge also reduced his awards for non-pecuniary damages,
loss of earning capacity,
loss of pension and deferred profit sharing by 50 % and the
future cost
of care by 10 %
because of a failure to mitigate.
Loss of future income /
earning capacity if you will be unable to return to work in the
future because of your injuries, or if your
capacity to work has been diminished in some way, such as if you will be unable to resume the same number
of hours / position, or you are less likely to be employed
because of what has happened
A
future loss of capacity claim is a claim for
loss of opportunity to
earn wages into the
future because of the injuries from the accident.