Expert Economist Comments on Future Earning Potential of Deceased Factory Worker

This case involves a man who was working in a large food factory in Montana, which produced a number of baked products for different companies. The man was working as a quality assurance monitor at the plant, where he was tasked with taking samples of product at various stages in the manufacturing process in order to be tested. On the date of the incident in question, the man was on a catwalk above a large industrial mixing vat when he fell into the equipment and was killed. The decedent’s estate sued the plant, and included a prevision for lost wages in their demand.

Question(s) For Expert Witness

1. Please briefly describe your forensic economics / loss of earnings experience as it relates to similar cases as the one described. 2. Are you able to put a report together that summarizes what a deceased plaintiff's anticipated earnings would have been? 3. Have you ever served as an expert on a similar case? 4. Have you ever been published / lectured in this field?

Expert Witness Response E-015997

I have been practicing forensic economics for over 15 years. I have worked on many wrongful death cases in which the company or contractor had been accused of negligence. I have been involved in several cases that involved workers falling off machinery, catwalks, and other elevated surfaces. I can prepare a report that explains and calculates the components of economic loss, and damages in particular, including determining the earnings that the decedent could have reasonably been expected to earn if they had not died. I have given expert testimony in wrongful death cases in court as well as deposition testimony. I have spoken in front of trial lawyers in multiple states several times, including some cases that involved how a forensic economist puts together a wrongful death report section-by-section.