Iowa Supreme Court Reverses Exclusion of RRB Stats on Average Retirement Age
In personal injury or wrongful death cases involving railroad employees, one key parameter of loss is the age at which the injured or deceased...
Why the Gibson-Gamboa Tables Don’t Work
The use of the Gibson-Gamboa worklife tables for the disabled is a controversial matter. In this short note, I will try and explain in...
Introduction to Evaluating Economic Damages in Personal Injury
The dominant methodology for computing economic loss in personal injury cases is the “human capital” approach, also known as the “lost economic output” method....
Concept of Worklife Expectancy as It Pertains to Economic Damages
See how the concept of Worklife Expectancy factors into the “But For” scenario when determining economic damages for personal injury cases. Read More Here
Estimating Lost Secondary Childcare in Wrongful Death Cases
When a parent dies, the childcare that they would have provided had they lived is lost to their surviving family members. In wrongful death...