When a serious injury occurs, it can have a major impact on the career path and potential earnings of the victim, but it is often difficult to predict the exact value of this loss. This valuation is even harder when considering the ongoing trend towards self-employed contract work and nontraditional employee/employer relationships. Sometimes, an injured person may earn the same or more than they did before their injury and it appears as though there is no loss to income due to the injury. However, the real economic loss may only become apparent over time, when an inability to perform a job in the same capacity affects career prospects. Finding new ways to evaluate this type of loss is important to those who have suffered a dramatic impact from their injury.
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