Damages Expert Witness Services for Personal Injury & Wrongful Death

Why Hire a Financial Expert Witness?

In most personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits, an expert witness is be needed to determine the actual financial impact of the case. Significant financial losses, including lost wages and potential future lost earnings, are key considerations in a lawsuit, which may become especially costly when a business owner can no longer run his or her business as the result of incapacity or death. Determining and demonstrating the economic impact of a serious personal injury or wrongful death to a judge or jury is pivotal to winning a case.

Whether from cases involving workplace injuries, automobile accidents, medical malpractice or other situations, personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits often involve material demands for commercial damages. When retained by plaintiff, the economic damages expert must make sure claimed damages are not grossly overestimated or based on improper assumptions. When retained by defendant, the economic damages expert must be prepared to highlight such errors in plaintiff’s claims. In all cases, the financial expert witness must thoroughly review the documents available and make reasonable calculations based on this information.

How Expert Witness Testimony Can Give You an Edge in Economic Damage Cases

An expert witness testimony can provide a competitive edge in court by providing unbiased, factual analysis and testimony for economic damage estimations. Additionally, a financial expert witness is better able to identify inaccurate calculations or inappropriate assumptions made by the opposing damages witness.

Los Angeles Damages Expert Witness

Thomas Neches has decades of experience providing damages expert witness testimony for defendants and plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits. We understand the weight and implications of these types of lawsuits and apply appropriate measures to determine the most accurate and realistic calculations.

Our expert analysis of commercial damages prevents the other side from understating or overstating damages. Contact our damages expert witnesses to learn how we can strengthen your argument with realistic and convincing calculations and expert testimony.

Learn more about our representative engagements and trial testimony involving personal injury or wrongful death cases below.

Representative Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Engagements

Key Sample Representative Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Engagement

Gina Mammana v. Greenrose, Inc. dba Conroy Flower’s, et al. (Robert A. Latham III – ArcherNorris). Mr. Neches testified as an expert in California Superior Court, Los Angeles County, on behalf of defendants in this personal injury matter. Ms. Mammana, a waitress, was injured when her automobile was struck by a Conroy’s Flower’s delivery truck. Plaintiff’s expert testified Ms. Mammana’s historical and future lost earnings ranged from $544,000 to $617,000. Mr. Neches testified regarding his analysis of plaintiff’s calculations and regarding his calculation of plaintiff’s potential lost earnings, which ranged from $8,000 to $105,000.   Result:   the jury award plaintiff lost earnings based on Mr. Neches’ calculations.