James Publishing: Determining Economic Damages

Determining Economic Damages

by Gerald D. Martin and Ted Vavoulis

Book Description

This toolbook is loaded with practical forms, procedures, tables, and tactics from two veteran economists who have consulted on thousands of cases. The explanations are thorough, the math is straightforward, and the advice is detailed and valuable. Whether or not your case justifies retaining an expert, Dr. Gerald Martin’s Determining Economic Damages can guide you start-to-finish through damage assessment and proof:

Determine past and future income losses.
Compute the value of fringe benefits.
Adjust for personal consumption.
Adjust for income taxes.
Measure the replacement value of household services.
Compute life and worklife expectancy.
Convert medical and rehabilitation reports into dollar values.
Convert future losses to their present value.
Put everything together to calculate loss.
Prepare your case and expert for trial.
Depose and cross-examine the opposing expert.

Use proven procedures, checklists, samples and tables to value economic loss in wrongful death and PI cases. Learn how to calculate damages, what to ask an expert economist, which tables to consult for current information on damages and more. This book now also comes with a free searchable CD-ROM.

Updated annually. ISBN 0-938065-41-6 Book price: $99.00

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Reviews

"This loose-leaf book is a gold mine of information that would assist an attorney in selecting a forensic economist, an economist who was desirous of starting a new career in forensic economics, and an experienced economist who wanted to pick up useful ideas and readily available data that Martin has put together in one place. ... This is a master work and it shows."

Excerpted from the Journal of Forensic Economics, Winter, 1997.

"Determining Economic Damages is the best book available, and one which thoroughly addresses the fundamental questions regarding assessment and loss of economic damages."

D. Orlowski, Scottsdale, AZ