Loss of earning capacity and financial loss flowing from that loss are distinct concepts: a plaintiff may demonstrate physical capacity to work but fail to establish that the lost capacity was productive of financial loss, particularly where pre-accident earnings were negligible. Where inability to obtain employment is attributable to a pre-existing injury, the resulting financial loss flows from the earlier injury, not the later one. An appellate court will not interfere with a damages assessment merely because it would have awarded more, absent identifiable error or an assessment so far out of line as to indicate miscarriage.
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