lost earning capacity

LOST EARNING CAPACITY

LOST EARNING CAPACITY lost earning capacity. A person’s diminished earning power resulting from an injury. ? This impairment is recoverable as an element of damages in a tort action. Cf. lost earnings under EARNINGS. [Cases: Damages 38. C.J.S. Damages ¡ì 56.] ¡°To some extent the phrases ¡®loss of earnings’ and ¡®loss of earning capacity¡¯ are […]

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