Opinion ID: 1834307
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Heading: Future Wage Loss or Loss of Earning Capacity

Text: To obtain an award for future loss of wages and/or loss of earning capacity, a plaintiff must present medical evidence which indicates with reasonable certainty that there exists a residual disability causally related to the accident. Bize v. Boyer, 408 So.2d 1309 (La.1982); Naman v. Schmidt, 541 So.2d 265 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1989); Holman v. Reliance Ins. Co., 414 So.2d 1298 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 1982), writ denied, 420 So.2d 164 (La.1982). Because the trial judge found the plaintiff suffered a temporary back injury which mostly dissipated by October, 1986 we find no error in the appellate court's decision to set aside the award for future wage loss and/or loss of earning capacity.