Assessing Family Loss in Wrongful Death Litigation

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Assessing Family Loss in Wrongful Death Litigation is a CD-ROM containing the complete text in PDF format, featuring fifty readings by leading forensic economists, attorneys, and family experts. It addresses two major aspects of damages in wrongful death litigation: the lost services of the decedent and the decedent's own personal consumption or maintenance.

Format: CD-ROM (complete text in PDF)
Product Type: CD-ROM

Topics Covered:

Lost nonmarket services of a decedent
The domestic services approach
Broadening the concept of lost services
Accounting for personal consumption or maintenance of the decedent
Conceptual issues in personal consumption and maintenance
Measurement issues in personal consumption and maintenance
Analyzing survivors' living standards: equivalence, welfare, and service flows
Summary and critique

Journal of Forensic Economics

[A]n important contribution to the growing body of literature in forensic economics for both the researcher and the practitioner . . . Ireland and Depperschmidt set out to provide a comprehensive understanding of the controversial issues in household services and personal consumption. This compendium succeeds in doing just that.