An injury that limits a person’s ability to work — or to work as they once did — creates an economic loss that must be measured carefully and defended clearly. Roberts Forensics quantifies lost and diminished earning capacity with methods that stand up to scrutiny.

Earning Capacity Analysis

Rather than simply projecting past paychecks forward, the analysis builds a full picture of earning capacity: education, training, occupation, earnings history, fringe benefits, and household services. Where injuries are partial, the loss is measured as the difference between pre-injury and post-injury earning capacity — grounded in vocational evidence and labor market data.

Work-Life Expectancy

How long would the plaintiff have worked? Published work-life expectancy tables, adjusted for education, sex, and labor force characteristics, provide the foundation — with transparent discussion of the assumptions behind the numbers.

Coordination with Life-Care Planners

Economic damages and future medical costs must tell a consistent story. Roberts Forensics works from the life-care plan to value future care costs, reduce them to present value at defensible discount rates, and integrate them with lost earnings — so the total damages picture is coherent and credible.

What the Retaining Attorney Receives

• A clear, well-organized expert report suitable for disclosure
• Workpapers documenting every calculation and data source
• Deposition and trial testimony preparation, including plain-language explanations for the jury
• Rebuttal analysis of opposing experts’ damages models