KW Economics provides personal injury economic damages analysis for cases venued in Charleston, West Virginia. For an injury claim arising in Charleston, lost earnings are measured against Charleston-area wage data and the plaintiff's own records, household services are priced at Charleston-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 Charleston are typically heard in the Circuit Court sitting in Kanawha County. Deposition and trial testimony are available for Charleston matters, in person or by remote appearance where the forum allows.
Charleston sits in the Charleston, WV 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 Charleston and the surrounding Kanawha County area. Our economists measure earnings, fringe benefits, and household services against wage data for the Charleston area and the plaintiff's own records, and are familiar with the court system and disclosure requirements that affect personal injury engagements in West Virginia.
Personal injury economic damages analysis for Charleston 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 Charleston cases.
We also provide personal injury economic damages analysis in these West Virginia communities.
Yes. KW Economics provides personal injury economic damages analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in Charleston, West Virginia, for plaintiff and defense counsel across the case mix common to Charleston matters.
Earnings and household services are measured against the plaintiff's own records and against wage data for the Charleston area, with data for West Virginia 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 Charleston or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.