KW Economics provides household services analysis for cases venued in Ames, Iowa. For a household in Ames, each category of lost services is priced at the Ames-area replacement wage for that task rather than at a statewide figure, and the hours rest on the household's own composition and pre-injury routine. Civil claims arising in Ames are typically heard in the District Court sitting in Story County. Deposition and trial testimony are available for Ames matters, in person or by remote appearance where the forum allows.
Ames sits in the Ames, IA metropolitan area, and where an analysis calls for local economic data, the figures for that area, rather than a statewide average, are the ones used. Plaintiff and defense.
Replacement-cost valuation of the household production an injured or deceased person can no longer provide: meal preparation, cleaning, home and vehicle maintenance, shopping, child care, and care of other household members. The hours are drawn from national time-use data adjusted to the person's household composition and pre-injury role, and each category is priced at the local wage for the occupation that would replace it, then projected and discounted over the period of loss.
KW Economics serves counsel throughout Ames and the surrounding Story County area. Our economists value each category of lost household services at the Ames-area replacement wage for that task and at the hours the household's own composition and routine support, and are familiar with the court system and disclosure requirements that affect household services engagements in Iowa.
Household services analysis for Ames matters is directed by Christopher Skerritt, M.Ed., MBA, Chief of Economic Services, who is available to testify to it.
KW Economics offers complementary economic damages services for Ames cases.
We also provide household services analysis in these Iowa communities.
Yes. KW Economics provides household services analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in Ames, Iowa, for plaintiff and defense counsel across the case mix common to Ames matters.
Earnings and household services are measured against the plaintiff's own records and against wage data for the Ames area, with data for Iowa as a whole used only where a local figure is unavailable and only with the substitution stated. The source behind every figure is documented so the loss can be traced and defended.
KW Economics provides full economic damages reports, preliminary damages estimates for settlement evaluation, reviews and rebuttals of opposing economic reports, and deposition and trial testimony, sized to both trial-track and settlement matters. The appropriate deliverable depends on case posture.
Request a consultation on Household Services in Ames or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.