Personal Injury

Forecasting an individual's expected lifetime wage loss and expressing them in present value are the key issues we address in personal injury cases.  We use a large database called the Current Population Survey (CPS) to relate earnings to age, occupation, education, ethnicity and disability status.  This allows us to estimate earning capacity for individuals with little or no earnings history- children, housewives, and those relocating or changing careers.

Click for an example of an economic loss evaluation we would hypothetically produce for a personal injury case.

     Click HERE to download a copy of our Adult Personal Injury Questionnaire, or HERE for the Juvenile Personal Injury Questionnaire. 


Wrongful Death

Wrongful death cases require similar analysis to personal injury cases but are broadened to also address how much an individual would have been expected to consume over his/her lifetime, leaving the net accumulations to an estate. 

     Click HERE to download a copy of our Wrongful Death Questionnaire.


Economic Discrimination

Discrimination cases involve conducting demographic and wage analysis of the firm's employment practices as compared to its relevant employment area using the CPS database. 

     Click HERE to download the Discrimination Questionnaire.


Business Damages
 
We estimate business damages by comparing two scenarios: 1) what profits would have been without the incident, and 2) what actual income has been since the incident.  Using the two trends we can estimate likely future damages. 

     Click HERE to download a copy of our Business Damages Questionnaire.

Construction Defect           

There is a legitimate need to compensate homeowners when builders breach their contract to provide safe, healthy, and sound houses and condominiums.  Nevertheless, plaintiffs’ attorneys often err by using biased sampling techniques when they extrapolate damages from known defects in selected properties to an entire development.  Dr. Carroll has testified for defendants in numerous construction defect cases about the distortions that inappropriate statistical inference can generate.  He also stands ready to assist plaintiffs’ attorneys in the appropriate procedures of sample selection and defect extrapolation. 

For further information on the subject, please download a copy of Dr. Carroll's suggested testing practical, The Importance of Random Sampling in Construction Defect Damage Estimates.

     Click HERE to download the Construction Defect- Sampling Issues Questionnaire.

If you require an analysis of damages (remediation/repair costs, medical and legal expenses, etc.) due to a Construction Defect, please use the questionnaire provided below.

     Click HERE to download a copy of our Construction Defect-      Damages Questionnaire