Cost of Care
The following articles are available on our web site, under the topic “Cost of Care”:
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The Income Tax Gross-Up on a Cost of
Care Award
- Winter 1996 Expert Witness (1.4)
- In this article Derek Aldridge and John Tobin discuss the various factors that affect the size of the tax gross-up on a cost of care award. Factors range from the plaintiff's taxable income (including investment income from the award), to the proportion of the tax-creditable expenses, to the time path of the consumption of his/her cost of care award. Depending on these various factors, it is clear that the gross-up may be significant, thus making this calculation very worthwhile.
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Incorporating the Effect of Reduced
Life Expectancy into Awards for Future Costs of Care
- Winter 2000 Expert Witness (5.4)
- In this article David Strauss, Robert Shavelle, Christopher Pflaum, and Christopher Bruce argue that the method used by most economists and actuaries for calculating life expectancy among the seriously disabled is flawed. They argue that this method leads to the systematic overestimation of costs of future care. They show, for example, that the costs of care for plaintiffs with cerebral palsy are commonly overestimated by 10 to 15 percent. Strauss and Shavelle are able to provide life expectancy data that correct for this error.
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Quantifying Soft Tissue Injury in
Neck Injured Patients
- Autumn/Winter 2002 Expert Witness (7.3)
- This article was prepared by Dr. Gordon McMorland – a Calgary-based chiropractor and the director of the Canadian Whiplash Centre. Dr. McMorland discusses a new technology that can be used to effectively and objectively assess cervical range of motion and neck strength. Together, these measurements quantify the functional capacity of the neck.
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Claims by Elderly Parents for Loss
of Caregiving by Adult Children
- Autumn 2005 Expert Witness (10.3)
- The article addresses the fact that many adult children accept at least some responsibility for the provision of care to their aging parents. This leads to a possible claim by elderly parents for the loss of caregiving services, if an adult child is seriously injured or killed. The purpose of his article is to review some recent research that examines the factors that determine whether an adult child will care for an elderly parent.