KW Economics provides wrongful death analysis for cases venued in Salt Lake City, Utah. For a death case arising in Salt Lake City, the decedent's earnings are measured against Salt Lake City-area wage data and the decedent's own records, household services are priced at Salt Lake City-area replacement rates, and each component is presented on its own so it can be included or removed under the governing measure of damages. Civil claims arising in Salt Lake City are typically heard in the District Court sitting in Salt Lake County. Deposition and trial testimony are available for Salt Lake City matters, in person or by remote appearance where the forum allows.
Salt Lake City sits in the Salt Lake City, UT 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.
The economic loss to survivors when a wage earner or homemaker dies: the decedent's lost earnings and fringe benefits net of personal consumption, the household services the decedent would have provided, and the financial support that would have flowed to dependents. Which elements are recoverable, and whether the loss is measured to the estate or to the survivors, vary by state, so the analysis is structured to the framework counsel identifies and every assumption is stated so it can be examined.
KW Economics serves counsel throughout Salt Lake City and the surrounding Salt Lake County area. Our economists measure the decedent's earnings, fringe benefits, and household services against wage data for the Salt Lake City area and the decedent's own records, and are familiar with the court system and disclosure requirements that affect wrongful death engagements in Utah.
Wrongful death analysis for Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake City cases.
We also provide wrongful death analysis in these Utah communities.
Yes. KW Economics provides wrongful death analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff and defense counsel across the case mix common to Salt Lake City matters.
Earnings and household services are measured against the plaintiff's own records and against wage data for the Salt Lake City area, with data for Utah 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 Wrongful Death in Salt Lake City or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.