Damages - Economic

Developing the case for large economic damages

A look at the strategies and recent case law useful to maximize economic damages at trial

Olivier Taillieu

From Issue: 2019 June

Disability and the replacement value of household services

How economists calculate the replacement cost of household services in cases of catastrophic injury

Joseph T. Crouse

From Issue: 2017 April

Wrongful death: Don’t let your economist damage your damages argument

Even if present cash value calculations make your eyes glaze over, you need to understand the logic behind what you will present to a jury

Nathaniel Leeds

From Issue: 2015 October

Wage loss vs earning capacity: Defining the differences

The difference can be confusing, but it is essential to explain this basic concept – wage loss vs earning capacity – to the mediator or jury

Phillip Sidlow
Enrique Vega

From Issue: 2010 September

The double whammy in calculating loss of earning capacity

Reduced earnings and reduced employment rates are a double whammy in calculating loss of future earning capacity for an injured person with permanent limitations

Joseph T. Crouse

From Issue: 2016 October

The cost of a life-care plan

The future cost of a life-care plan is not as simple as adding up the costs in today’s dollars

Joseph T. Crouse

From Issue: 2015 May

When wage loss doesn’t seem to add up

Bad injury, bad documentation: Putting together the wage loss picture

Maryanne B. Cooper

From Issue: 2019 April

“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”

Despite efforts to redefine the reasonable value of medical care, plaintiff still has a right to full and fair compensation for future medical damages

Elinor Leary

From Issue: 2015 December