KW Economics prepares economic damages analyses for employment discrimination cases venued in Missouri: the components the loss claim consists of, the records that drive them, and a present value built to Missouri's damages rules and venues. Plaintiff and defense.
An employment discrimination economic claim measures the gap between the compensation the employee would have received absent the adverse action and the compensation actually received, as back pay, front pay, and lost benefits net of mitigation. Read the full employment discrimination analysis guide.
Missouri courts screen expert testimony for reliability: the judge asks whether the economist is qualified, whether the opinion rests on sufficient facts and reliable principles and methods, and whether those methods were reliably applied to the case. A damages report meets that inquiry by stating its assumptions and naming the source of every rate and table.
Highest court: Missouri Supreme Court. Federal venues: E.D. Mo., W.D. Mo. Court system: courts.mo.gov.
Missouri applies pure comparative fault in a negligence-based claim, reducing the award in proportion to the plaintiff's share. Interest on a liquidated contract sum runs from the date of demand, while prejudgment interest in tort turns on a written settlement offer that the judgment then exceeds. Economic damages are not subject to a general statutory limit outside specific statutory claims, so the report states each loss as of a fixed date and separates the sums that were due from the amounts that had to be projected.
The same four steps apply to an employment discrimination case venued in Missouri; the damages framework above decides which components enter the total.
Employment Discrimination cases venued in Missouri are heard in the Circuit Court (General jurisdiction; 46 judicial circuits; all civil, criminal, domestic, and probate matters). Final appeals run to the Missouri Supreme Court. Matters within federal jurisdiction proceed in the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri and Western District of Missouri.
Missouri applies pure comparative fault in a negligence-based claim, reducing the award in proportion to the plaintiff's share. Interest on a liquidated contract sum runs from the date of demand, while prejudgment interest in tort turns on a written settlement offer that the judgment then exceeds. Economic damages are not subject to a general statutory limit outside specific statutory claims, so the report states each loss as of a fixed date and separates the sums that were due from the amounts that had to be projected. Missouri courts screen expert testimony for reliability: the judge asks whether the economist is qualified, whether the opinion rests on sufficient facts and reliable principles and methods, and whether those methods were reliably applied to the case. A damages report meets that inquiry by stating its assumptions and naming the source of every rate and table.
Request a consultation on employment discrimination cases in Missouri or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.