KW Economics provides rebuttal analysis for matters venued in Puerto Rico. The review tests the opposing report's assumptions, data sources, discount rate, worklife and life expectancy inputs, growth rates, mitigation treatment, and arithmetic against the record and the published data, identifies the errors that matter, and quantifies how the conclusion changes when they are corrected. The critique is written to the reliability standard the Puerto Rico forum applies to expert opinion and to its disclosure practice. Plaintiff and defense.
Puerto Rico's Court of First Instance (Tribunal de Primera Instancia) is the primary trial-level forum for the personal injury, wrongful death, employment, and commercial damages claims these analyses support. Workers' compensation claims, where the dispute is over wage-loss benefits rather than tort damages, are administered by the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund Corporation (CFSE). Final appeals in the Puerto Rico court system run to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico). Puerto Rico is served by 1 federal district court, where the same analyses are offered under the federal expert-disclosure framework.
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.
A rebuttal engagement in Puerto Rico reaches the same forum as the report it reviews: the Court of First Instance (Tribunal de Primera Instancia) for personal injury, wrongful death, employment, and commercial claims, the federal district courts serving Puerto Rico where jurisdiction allows, and the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund Corporation (CFSE) where the dispute is over wage-loss benefits. The critique is written to the reliability standard that forum applies to expert opinion and to its disclosure practice, so it can be served as a rebuttal report or used to prepare cross-examination.
Rebuttal analysis for Puerto Rico matters is directed by Christopher Skerritt, M.Ed., MBA, Chief of Economic Services, who is available to testify to it.
Our experts serve clients throughout Puerto Rico, including the following communities.
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Yes. KW Economics provides rebuttal analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in Puerto Rico, for plaintiff and defense counsel, with the analysis sized to the engagement scope and built from the records that drive the claim and from data for the Puerto Rico market rather than from national averages.
A rebuttal engagement typically includes a records request for the opposing report, its workpapers, and the data it relied on, a line-by-line review of the assumptions, inputs, and arithmetic, a written critique that quantifies how the conclusion changes when each error is corrected, an affirmative alternative calculation where counsel wants one, and deposition and trial testimony when required. Scope and turnaround are calibrated to the case posture and the governing disclosure framework.
Expert disclosure in Puerto Rico is scheduled case by case: in the Puerto Rico trial courts by the case management or scheduling order, and in the federal district courts serving Puerto Rico by the federal expert-disclosure framework, under which the written report, the materials considered, and the testimony history are served together. KW Economics confirms the disclosure date at retention and sizes the records request and turnaround to it; counsel confirms the governing deadline for the case.
Request a consultation on Rebuttal in Puerto Rico or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.