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 § 56.]

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 § 56.] “To some extent the phrases ‘loss of earnings’ and ‘loss of earning capacity’ are used interchangeably. But