Published Articles and Whitepapers

Ten Concepts Defendants in Punitive Damages Cases Need To Be Aware Of
by Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D. 1. Role of the Economic/Financial Expert Economic or financial experts can be quite helpful in interpreting financial information for a jury as well as in helping a jury understand the extent to which the goals of punitive damages ...
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Ten Mistakes Plaintiff's Economists Make in Measuring Lost Earnings in Personal Injury Cases.
by Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D. 1. Projecting Future Losses for Too Long a Time Period Some economists project losses for arbitrary and unsupported time periods. However, the standard in the economics profession is the worklife expectancy. This is a statistical construct ...
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The Economics of Punitive Damages
[as published in For the Defense] The Economics of Punitive Damages Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D. Professor College of Business Fairleigh Dickinson University and President Economatrix Research Associates, Inc....
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Ten Mistakes Defendants Make in the Damages Part of Their Personal Injury Cases: An Economist's Perspective
by Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D. (from Litigation Economics Series) 1. Case Preparation This usually means ignoring the damages aspects of cases. Unfortunately, this mistake is extremely common. In the world of insurance defense work, cost containment is greatly e...
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Rebutting Speculative Economic Loss Claims of Immigrants and Illegal Aliens: Considering Reverse Immigration Phenomena
Rebutting Speculative Economic Loss Claims of Immigrants and Illegal Aliens: Considering Reverse Immigration Phenomena Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D. Defendants are encountering an increasing number of lost earnings claims of re...
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Construction Industry Collapse: Ramifications for Defendants and Insurers
by Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D. Statement of the Problem: In recent years many construction worker plaintiffs have filed personal injury lawsuits claiming for economic damages in the form of lost wages and benefits based upon their prior earnings during a ti...
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