Week Five: Pecuniary Damages

Overview of pecuniary damages:

• • Wage loss (past and prospective); and
  • Expenses (past and prospective).
• Restitutio in integrum – a principled approach to full compensation, from the SCC Triology.
• Present value discount rates for future damages: Riding-Brown v. Jenkins, 2015 BCSC 1751
• Past wage loss and future lost earning capacity – case study:
  • Grabovac v Fazio, 2021 BCSC 2362The BC
    • CA “Trilogy” on Lost Earning Capacity claims:
      • Rab v. Prescott, 2021 BCCA 345
      • Lo v. Vos, 2021 BCCA 421
      • Dornan v. Silva, 2021 BCCA 228
• Lost Homemaking Capacity: Kim v. Lin, 2016 BCSC 2405; aff’d 2018 BCCA 77; See also Ali v. Stacey, 2020 BCSC 465
• Special damages (out-of-pocket expenses) and “In Trust” Claims: Uy v. Dhillon, 2020 BCSC 1302
• Cost of future care – medical justification for future cost of care needs
  • Slater M, “Future Cost of Care in Canada – Justice Requires Something Better” Verdict 2010;
  • The total lifestyle approach for catastrophic injuries Uy v. Dhillon, 2020 BCSC 1302