Assessment of damages in personal injury and fatal accident litigation

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» Selecting the Discount Rate (2017)

Summer 2016 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 20, issue 2)

» The Structure of a Cost of Care Report

» The Effect of Incarceration on Future Earnings

Spring 2016 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 20, issue 1)

» Are Data from the 2011 Census Reliable?

» Cross versus Sole Dependency in Fatal Accident Actions

Spring 2015 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 19, issue 1)

» The Cost of Household Services, Alberta 2014: A Survey

Summer 2014 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 18, issue 1)

» The Dependency Rate as a Percentage of After-tax Income: Canada 2008

Winter 2013 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 17, issue 1)

» Estimating the Income of an Aboriginal Plaintiff: Recent Evidence

Winter 2012 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 16, issue 1)

» Implied Rates of Return on Structured Settlements

» The Discount Rate Simplified

Autumn 2011 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 15, issue 1)

» The Cost of Household Services, Alberta, 2010: A Survey

» Factors that Influence Retirement

Summer 2009 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 14, issue 1)

» Alternatives to the Minor Injury Regulation

» Testifying in Singapore

Winter 2008 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 13, issue 2)

» Premiums, Profits, and Costs of Business in Alberta’s Automobile Insurance Industry, 1996-2006

» Examination of Expert Witnesses

Spring 2008 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 13, issue 1)

» The Discount Rate Revisited (Spring 2008)

» Mathematical Mistake: Averaging Multiple Statistical Sources Together to Form One “Overall” Average Income Figure

Autumn 2007 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 12, issue 2)

» The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on the Educational Attainment and Adult Earnings of Canadian Women

» Fatal Accident Calculations Under the New Legislation

» The Impact of Poor Health on Retirement Age

Spring 2007 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 12, issue 1)

» Forecasting the long-term interest rate on Government of Canada bonds: “market-based” versus “conservative” investment

» Using the HALS/PALS data sets to estimate a loss of income

Summer 2006 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 11, issue 2)

» The Cost of Household Services, Alberta, 2006: A Survey

» The Discount Rate Revisited (Summer 2006)

Spring 2006 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 11, issue 1)

» Estimating non-discriminatory lifetime earnings for young females

Autumn 2005 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 10, issue 3)

» Claims by Elderly Parents for Loss of Caregiving by Adult Children

» Death and Retirement: Allowing for Uncertainty

Summer 2005 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 10, issue 2)

» The Discount Rate Revisited

» Estimating the Impact of Mid-Career Retraining

Spring 2005 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 10, issue 1)

» The Impact of Disability on Earnings: Reliable Data

Winter 2004/05 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 9, issue 4)

» The Reliability of Statistical Evidence Concerning the Impact of Disability

» Statement of Ethical Principles and Principles of Professional Practice – National Association of Forensic Economics

Autumn 2004 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 9, issue 3)

» Using family background to Predict Educational Attainment in Canada

Summer 2004 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 9, issue 2)

» The Impact of the “Net Income” Provisions of the Insurance Amendment Act, 2003

» Addendum: Calculating After-Tax Income Using Tables on Diskette

Spring 2004 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 9, issue 1)

» Forecasting the Rate of Growth of Real Wages (Productivity)

» An Alternative Method for Assessing the Value of Housewife Services

Winter 2003 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 8, issue 4)

» Why have automobile insurance premiums been rising?

» Policies to deal with rising premiums

Autumn 2003 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 8, issue 3)

» Economica’s Privacy Policy

» How are Automobile Insurance Premiums Determined?

Summer 2003 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 8, issue 2)

» Assessment of damages in wrongful birth cases

» Predicting post-secondary education attainment

» The impact of parental divorce or death on adolescents’ education & earnings

» Experience-Rating of Automobile Insurance: A Good Idea that Won’t Work

Spring 2003 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 8, issue 1)

» Selecting the Discount Rate – An Update

» Retirement trends in Canada

Winter 2002/03 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 7, issue 3)

» Under-reporting of Income by the Self-Employed

» Quantifying Soft Tissue Injury in Neck Injured Patients

» Management fees

Summer/Autumn 2002 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 7, issue 2)

» The Connection between Labour Productivity and Wages

» Duty to Care for Orphaned Minors

» Millott (Estate) v. Reinhard – Reconciling “dependency” claims under FAA with “estate claims” under SAA

Spring 2002 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 7, issue 1)

» Male Versus Female Earnings – Is the Gender Wage Gap Converging?

» Complementarity in the Retirement Behaviour of Older Married Couples: An Update

Winter 2001/02 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 6, issue 4)

» Selecting the Discount Rate – An Update

» Destruction of evidence

» The awarding of costs and payment of legal fees in a case brought before the Court: is there a potential injustice?

Autumn 2001 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 6, issue 3)

» The Deduction for “Expenses Related to Earning Income” in Rewcastle

» No-Fault Automobile Insurance

Summer 2001 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 6, issue 2)

» The Deduction of Accelerated Inheritance

» The Deduction (?) of “Accelerated Inheritance” (Scott Beesley’s view)

» Avoiding Overlap Between Fatal Accident Act and Survival of Actions Act Claims

» Case Comment: Boston v. Boston

Spring 2001 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 6, issue 1)

» Estate Claims Following the Appeal Court Decisions in Duncan and Brooks

» Evidence About “Customary Practice”

Winter 2000 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 5, issue 4)

» Incorporating the Effect of Reduced Life Expectancy into Awards for Future Costs of Care

» Evaluation of Harm to a Class of Individuals

» What is Econometrics?

Autumn 2000 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 5, issue 3)

» Selecting the Discount Rate

» Ontario’s Mandated Discount Rate – Rule 53.09(1)

Summer 2000 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 5, issue 2)

» Case Comment: Madge v. Meyer

» Combining Occupational Options

Spring 2000 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 5, issue 1)

» The Impact of Disability on Earnings: Results of the Health and Activity Limitation Survey

» Two interesting web sites relating to disabilities

Winter 1999 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 4, issue 4)

» Fatal Accident Dependency Calculations

» Recent Canadian Court Decisions Concerning the Impacts of Child Sexual Abuse on Earnings

» Rates of Return to Advanced Education in Alberta

Autumn 1999 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 4, issue 3)

» The Current Status of Survival of Actions Act Claims

» The Calculation of Damages in Sexual Abuse Cases

» Increased Earnings After Injury

Summer 1999 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 4, issue 2)

» Injured, Yet Better Off?

» Advice for Experts Facing Cross-Examination

» The Role of Expert Evidence

Spring 1999 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 4, issue 1)

» Issues Arising in the Calculation of Damages under the Survival of Actions Act (Part 2)

» On “Format of Expert Evidence of Economic Loss of Damages”

Winter 1998 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 3, issue 4)

» Issues Arising in the Calculation of Damages Under the Survival of Actions Act (Part 1)

» Duty of Care

» Mitigation vs. Rights in Self-Employed Cases

Autumn 1998 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 3, issue 3)

» The MacCabe Judgment: Allowing the Use of Earnings Statistics for Males When Estimating the Future Income of a Female

» The Economics of Negligence Rules

» Using Industry Growth Rates to Update Census Occupational Earnings Figures

» Drawbacks to the Use of “Preliminary” Estimates

» Timing, Turning Bad into Good

Summer 1998 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 3, issue 2)

» The Effect of Alcoholism on Earning Capacity

» Applying Economic Analysis to Tort Law

» Not All “Bears” Are Bordering Extinction

» Doctors Are Not Experts on Life Expectancy

» Software Review: Personal Injury Damages Partner (Carswell)

Spring 1998 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 3, issue 1)

» The Role of the Expert Witness in Developing “New” Law

» Unresolved Issues in the Valuation of Estate Claims Under Survival of Actions

» BOOK REVIEW: The Expert: A Practitioner’s Guide, (Carswell) 1997

» Outstanding Issues in the Valuation of Household Services

Winter 1997 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 2, issue 4)

» Determination of the Hourly Cost of Household Services

» The Role of the Occupational Therapist in Personal Injury Litigation – Part 2

» D’Amato v. Badger – Complications Arising when the Plaintiff is a Business Partner

Autumn 1997 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 2, issue 3)

» Using Male Earnings Data to Forecast the Future Income of Females

» Structured Settlement Assignments

» Notable Judgments in the Valuation of Household Services

» The Role of the Occupational Therapist in Personal Injury Litigation – Part 1

Summer 1997 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 2, issue 2)

» Structured Settlements: Case Suitability

» The Children of Immigrants – How Do They Fare?

» Economic and Employment Prospects of the Disabled

» Implications of Duncan v. Baddeley

» Issues in Loss of Income Calculations for Self-Employed Individuals

Spring 1997 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 2, issue 1)

» Predicting the Adult Earning Capacity of Minors

» BOOK REVIEW: John Barnes, Sports and the Law in Canada, 3rd Edition (Butterworths: Toronto) 1996

» Spousal Influence on the Decision to Retire

» Lost Years Maybe, Lost Care – Never

» Determination of Contribution to Household Services

» The “Lost Years” Deduction

Winter 1996 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 1, issue 4)

» Calculation of the Dependency Rate in Fatal Accident Actions

» The Income Tax Gross-Up on a Cost of Care Award

» Application of Contingencies in the Pre-trial Period

» The Valuation of Household Services – Conceptual Issues

Autumn 1996 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 1, issue 3)

» Damage Calculations in Fatal Accident Actions After Galand

» Employment of Persons With Disabilities: The Employment Equity Act 1986 to 1996

» Selecting the Discount Rate

Summer 1996 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 1, issue 2)

» Fatal Accident Cases After Galand

» Adjusting Claims for Hours Devoted to Household Chores

» Forecasting the Earning Capacity of Self-Employed Individuals

» Annuity Concepts (Continued)

» Distinguishing Between Loss of Income and Loss of Earning Capacity: The B.C. Case of Pallos v. I.C.B.C.

Spring 1996 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 1, issue 1)

» Shortened Life Expectency: The “Lost Years” Calculation

» The Annuity Solution to Fund Cost of Future Care

» What is a “Discount Rate”?

» Loss of Earnings for Wrongful Confinement and Wrongful Sterilization: The Case of Leilani Muir

» Do Sons Follow their Fathers?