Critique of an opposing economic damages, valuation, or forensic accounting report for plaintiff or defense counsel. The review tests the assumptions, data sources, discount rates, worklife and life expectancy inputs, growth rates, mitigation treatment, and arithmetic behind the opposing number, identifies the errors that matter, and quantifies how the conclusion changes when they are corrected. The result supports cross-examination, a rebuttal report, or a motion directed at the reliability of the opinion.
KW Economics prepares rebuttal analysis for plaintiff and defense counsel nationwide; the method is the same whichever side retains the economist.
Rebuttal analysis at KW Economics is directed by Christopher Skerritt, M.Ed., MBA, Chief of Economic Services, who is available to testify to it.
How rebuttal analysis applies to the specific demands of each case type: methodology, deliverables, and what counsel should expect.
The inputs and the arithmetic: the earnings base, worklife and life expectancy, wage and medical cost growth, the discount rate, mitigation and offsets, the treatment of benefits and household services, and whether the data sources say what the report claims. Each finding is ranked by its effect on the conclusion so counsel can see which errors matter.
It can. Where counsel wants more than a critique, the opposing model is recalculated under corrected inputs to show what the conclusion becomes when each error is fixed, one at a time and together. The result supports cross-examination, a disclosed rebuttal report, or a motion directed at the reliability of the opinion.
The report with its schedules and exhibits, the expert's workpapers and data if produced, the expert's deposition if taken, and the underlying case records the report relies on. A review can begin from the report alone, but the workpapers usually reveal the assumptions the narrative does not state.
Either, and counsel decides. The findings can remain consulting work product that shapes cross-examination, or they can be issued as a disclosed rebuttal report with testimony to support it. The scope and the form are set at retention and can be changed as the case develops.
No state licenses forensic economists. Qualification to testify on rebuttal analysis is decided case by case on education, method, and testimony history; these pages explain what each credential establishes and what it does not.
Request a consultation on Rebuttal or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.