Attention: NJ Trial Law Practitioners

RE: Updated New Jersey Life Expectancy Chart

In tort claims, New Jersey court rules require use of life expectancy figures that are the combination of male and female life expectancies. Unfortunately, it has been some time since the table was published and it has not been updated since. We checked the source used by the New Jersey Court Rule table and have found that the underlying data have, indeed, been updated. Therefore, in all of our forensic economics work we are now using the updated figures which, we believe, are fully within the spirit of the law regarding mandatory use of the combined/unisex life expectancy table.

For your future reference, the source is the following: Life Table for the Total Population: United States, 2003, Table 1, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 14, National Center for Health Statistics, April 19, 2006. This source represents an update to the underlying source relied upon in producing the statutory life expectancy table presented in Appendix I of the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey. The source may be accessed at the following website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/nvsr/54/54-pre.htm

Questions regarding the updated life expectancy chart are welcomed. Please contact Dr. Tinari via email at ftinari@tinarieconomics.com or by phone at 973-992-1800.

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