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Measuring
Loss in Catastrophic Injury Cases
Kevin
Marshall, Thomas Ireland
6" x 9",
softbound, 267 pages
2006, Lawyers
and Judges
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Contributors:
Barbara Dunlap, Aaron Wolfson, Shael Wolfson, Penelope Caragonne,
Stephanie Rizzardi Pearson, Anthony Riccardi, Patrick Fitzgerald,
Kurt Krueger, John Ward
Detailed
Table of Contents
The measurement
of loss in catastrophic injury cases is an interdisciplinary
effort involving the participation of many specialists including
economists, rehabilitation counselors and therapists, health
care providers, life care planners, attorneys, and others,
including the patient and his or her family. Measuring
Loss in Catastrophic Injury Cases covers the interdisciplinary
nature of measuring loss, the role of the forensic economist
in determining loss, working with life care planners and
rehabilitation and vocational experts, impact of a reduced
life expectancy, types of settlements including annuities,
structured settlements and periodic payment judgments, and
suggestions for building an expert damages team when working
on this type of case. In Measuring Loss in Catastrophic
Injury Cases, you’ll find the information necessary
to assess and derive a fair and accurate measurement that
will, as fairly as possible, compensate the injured party
and/or his or her family for his or her actual losses.
Topics
include:
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Interdisciplinary nature of measuring loss
• The role of the forensic economist
• The roles of vocational and rehabilitation
experts
• Overview of life care planning
• What is needed from life care planning
experts
• Impact of reduced life expectancy
• Annuity contracts
• Structured Settlements
• Periodic payment judgments
• Building an expert damages team
Review:
SciTech
Book Reviews - December 1, 2006
In
catastrophic injury cases, the measurement of loss is an
interdisciplinary effort involving such specialists as economists,
rehabilitation counselors, health care providers, and attorneys.
This accessibly written resource for all concerned parties
addresses a number of fundamental measurement issues. These
include (for example) the impact of a reduced life expectancy
on the recovery of life care expenses, and the advantages
and disadvantages of structured settlements. A glossary
of terms completes the volume. The editors are both practicing
economists.
Detailed
Table of Contents
Related
books:
Forensic
Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury
Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction
and Litigation, 3rd edition with CD-ROM
Paralysis
from a Medical Error
Pedestrian Accident Reconstruction
and Litigation
Slips,
Trips, Missteps and Their Consequences
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