KW Economics provides lost profits analysis for matters venued in Puerto Rico. The but-for revenue path is built from the company's own financial history, the Puerto Rico market and industry mix it sells into, and the terms of the disputed relationship; the costs the company avoided by not earning that revenue are deducted, each claimed loss is linked to the conduct at issue, mitigation is credited, and the period of loss is reasoned through rather than assumed. Historical figures are restated for price level where the record spans several years, and future losses are discounted to present value at a documented rate built up from the risk-free yield curve and the risk of the profit stream, with the components kept separate so counsel can apply the damages rules that govern the Puerto Rico matter. Plaintiff and defense.
Puerto Rico's Court of First Instance (Tribunal de Primera Instancia) is the primary trial-level forum for the shareholder, partnership, contract, and fraud claims these analyses support. 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.
Lost profits and related commercial damages for contract, business-tort, and business-interruption matters. The analysis builds the but-for revenue and cost path from the company's own history, its market, and the terms of the disputed relationship, links each claimed loss to the conduct at issue, addresses mitigation, and reasons through the period of loss so the damages figure answers the causation question as well as the amount.
Lost profits claims arising in Puerto Rico are heard in the Court of First Instance (Tribunal de Primera Instancia) and, where jurisdiction allows, in the federal district courts serving Puerto Rico. How firmly the lost profits must be proven, how the period of loss is bounded, and whether prejudgment interest runs on a commercial award are questions of the governing contract and of Puerto Rico law as counsel confirms it; the report separates the but-for revenue path, the avoided costs, and the mitigation offset so each can be tested on its own.
Lost profits 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 lost profits 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 complete engagement typically includes a records request tailored to the claim (financial statements, budgets and forecasts, the disputed contract, and the company's customer and cost records), a review of the record and the pleadings, a written statement of assumptions, a report that presents the but-for revenue path, the avoided costs, the mitigation offset, and the period of loss with the present value of any future loss, review and rebuttal of any opposing damages model, 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 Lost Profits in Puerto Rico or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.