Medical Malpractice causes Lifelong Deficits and Effects Life Expectancy

Case Overview

This case involves a female individual in her mid-thirties that became a victim of medical malpractice and suffered serious non-recoverable injuries post surgery. The patient is now legally blind, severely neurologically impaired, and wheelchair bound.

Questions to the Insurance expert and their responses

Are you able to work the table of life expectancy and determine where the plaintiff would have been now?

I am very familiar with the calculations used to determine the table of life expectancy and where the plaintiff would have been now. In cases like this, I am usually asked to examine the potential monetary ramifications, like lost wages. I am very familiar with these types of cases and have authored numerous articles in trade journals of the Society of Actuaries, InterCompany Marketing Group, National Underwriter, Insurance Accounting, and Statistical Association, covering a broad range of actuarial, insurance, and regulatory topics.

About the expert

This expert has made numerous presentations before the Society of Actuaries, Life Insurance Marketing Research Association International, the Insurance Accounting and Statistical Association, National Alliance of Life Companies, Canadian Fraternal Association and other organizations, relating to regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, expense analysis and new product development. He has also authored numerous articles that have been published in trade journals of the Society of Actuaries, InterCompany Marketing Group, National Underwriter, Insurance Accounting and Statistical Association covering a broad range of actuary, insurance and regulatory issues. One of his articles was nominated for a merit award.