KW Economics provides household services analysis for cases venued in New York City, New York. For a household in New York City, each category of lost services is priced at the New York City-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 New York City are typically heard in the Supreme Court sitting in New York County. Deposition and trial testimony are available for New York City matters, in person or by remote appearance where the forum allows.
Employers such as New York City Health + Hospitals, JP Morgan Chase, and NYC Department of Education shape the New York City labor market, and where an analysis turns on local economic conditions it measures them against New York City-area data and the records of the person or business at issue rather than against a citywide average. 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 New York City and the surrounding New York County area. Our economists value each category of lost household services at the New York City-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 New York.
Household services analysis for New York City 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 New York City cases.
We also provide household services analysis in these New York communities.
Yes. KW Economics provides household services analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in New York City, New York, for plaintiff and defense counsel across the case mix common to New York City matters.
Earnings and household services are measured against the plaintiff's own records and against wage data for the New York City area, with data for New York 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 New York City or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.