The article by Gilbert is foolish and, incredibly, is based on an algebraic error. He opines in another that though the annual net rates are not stable, the geometric average of the previous years' net rates will be stable. This then would be a justification for using historical average rates. This is both illogical and numerically vacuous. Earnings A critical question in many personal injury cases is how large a drop in earnings may result from an injury.
Many expert reports claim a loss that seems inconsistent with the severity of the injury.
If these are underestimated for the disabled individual, earnings will also be underestimated and vice versa. Spectrum has been researching the expected earnings of the disabled. This research has looked at the labor force participation and employment rates of the disabled as they are defined in the census. We have found widespread misapplication of these data by expert witnesses, especially those testifying for plaintiffs. Earnings, the probability of being in the labor force and of being employed for those not disabled, all disabled and the severely disabled are found in the well-known summary tables from this Survey.