KW Economics provides personal injury economic damages analysis for cases venued in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For an injury claim arising in Grand Rapids, lost earnings are measured against Grand Rapids-area wage data and the plaintiff's own records, household services are priced at Grand Rapids-area replacement rates, and any future care costs supplied by the treating providers or a life care plan are carried forward and discounted with the same assumptions. Civil claims arising in Grand Rapids are typically heard in the Circuit Court sitting in Kent County. Deposition and trial testimony are available for Grand Rapids matters, in person or by remote appearance where the forum allows.
Grand Rapids sits in the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI 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.
An integrated economic damages report for an injured person: lost earnings and fringe benefits, lost household services, and the present value of future medical and care costs supplied by treating providers or a life care plan. One report carries every economic component to a single present value with consistent growth, discount, and life expectancy assumptions, so counsel can present the damages as a whole and the jury sees one set of numbers.
KW Economics serves counsel throughout Grand Rapids and the surrounding Kent County area. Our economists measure earnings, fringe benefits, and household services against wage data for the Grand Rapids area and the plaintiff's own records, and are familiar with the court system and disclosure requirements that affect personal injury engagements in Michigan.
Personal injury economic damages analysis for Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids cases.
We also provide personal injury economic damages analysis in these Michigan communities.
Yes. KW Economics provides personal injury economic damages analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for plaintiff and defense counsel across the case mix common to Grand Rapids matters.
Earnings and household services are measured against the plaintiff's own records and against wage data for the Grand Rapids area, with data for Michigan 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 Personal Injury in Grand Rapids or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.