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Economics of Wrongful Death Damages

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This guide explores the nuances of economic damages in wrongful death cases, emphasizing lost support for survivors, market and non-market support, and the factors influencing earnings. It discusses the implications of location, age, gender, and race on damages, as well as the significance of present value analysis and the appropriate discount rates. The role of taxes and state-specific regulations, particularly in Ohio, is examined. It also highlights the complexities surrounding the calculation of damages, including considerations for same-sex marriages and hedonic damages.

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  1. Economics of Wrongful Death Damages

  2. Economic Damages • Lost support for survivors • Market support • Non-market support • Limited to dependent survivors • Does not include non-pecuniary damages such as emotional damages

  3. Market Support • Lost earnings or earnings capacity? • Lost earnings less own consumption

  4. Factor Influencing Earnings • Age • Education • Location • Gender • Race?

  5. Taxes • Federal law deducts taxes from market earnings • Ohio does not deduct taxes • Other jurisdictions vary

  6. Present Value Analysis • Some states provide a statutory discount rate • Ohio does not • Real or nominal analysis? • Consistency

  7. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. V. Pfeifer, 462 U.S. 523 (1983) • The discount rate should be based on the rate of interest that would be earned on "the best and safest investments." Once it is assumed that the injured worker would definitely have worked for a specific term of years, he is entitled to a risk-free stream of future income to replace his lost wages; therefore, the discount rate should not reflect the market's premium for investors who are willing to accept some risk of default.

  8. Worklife • Only includes years of active labor force participation • Active versus Inactive • Unemployment • Age • Gender • Less than years to final separation • Calculations typically push years up front

  9. Own Consumption of Deceased • Not deducted in all states • Own consumption expenditures deducted in Ohio • Only deduct expenditures that were for the exclusive support of the deceased • Joint expenditures that benefit other family members should not be deducted

  10. Duration of Market Support • Life expectancy of spouse • Typically exceeds worklife • Remarriage? • Market support for children • Age of majority? • Support for adult children • Parental support?

  11. Non-market Support • Household production • Home maintenance • Laundry • Cooking • Production of products that are jointly consumed • Care of children

  12. Factors Influencing Non-market Support • Gender • Employment • Children • Age • Health (Healthy Life Expectancy)

  13. WD Damages in Same-sex Marriages • Do we apply traditional gender roles? • Do we utilize gender specific data?

  14. Hedonic Damages • Hedonic Damages • The lost enjoyment of life • More likely to be permitted in a survival action • Expert witness testimony • Varies among jurisdictions • Ohio • Not an element of damages in wrongful death • May be admitted in Ohio at the discretion of the trial court in a personal injury case