| Full Citation |
Troy Scott and Jilann Scott v. Michael Pyn; Civ. 00-1640 |
| Court |
State of South Dakota, County of Minnehaha in Circuit
Court, Second Judicial Circuit |
| Facts of Case |
Male with a high school equivalency diploma sustained
back and neck injuries resulting in difficulties with lifting, bending,
climbing |
| Analysis |
Loss of employability in a range of 87% to 94% and a
loss of earning capacity of 34% based on a reduction in earnings and worklife |
| Challenge |
Motion
(February 2003) |
| Challenge Issues |
Worklife expectancy related
issues:
General acceptance
Use of statistical averages
Peer review process
Skoog and Toppino article
Rodgers article
Phillips
v. Industrial Machine
Michels
v. U.S.
Hough-Scoma v. Wal-Mart
Strickland v. Roosevelt County
Rate of error
|
| VEI response |
VEI Affidavit (August
2003)
Though VEI was not directly associated with this case, we were asked to
offer background information on the validity of The New Worklife
Expectancy Tables and their underlying data.
|
| Results |
Challenge unsuccessful;
Order (November 2003) |
