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This is a blog dedicated to the discussion of topics related to economic damages and other matters of litigation.
Worklife Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Introduction In this paper we present the results of an econometric study of the workforce participation of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. The study...
Measuring the Effect of Disability on Worklife and Earnings
Introduction Worklife is the number of years an individual is active in the labor force from a specified age until final departure from the...
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
BLS: Older workers less likely to have severe work injuries, but they miss more work days to recover
From the BLS The rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work to recuperate was 112 cases per 10,000 full-time...
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...