One of our own in the news...

It is rare that economists other than the authors of Freakonomics get in the spotlight; but Allan McCausland, an economist unaffliated with lostcompensation.com is a long time and active member in the forensic economics community, was mentioned in the Boston Globe for his testimony in a high profile wrongful death case.

Congratulations Dr. McCausland!

Excerpt:

Testimony puts lost income of slain fisherman at $1.8m
By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff June 10, 2006

What is one man's life worth? It was a question that came down to money yesterday as an economist testified that Quincy fisherman John McIntyre probably would have earned $1,868,820 over his lifetime, if he hadn't been slain in 1984 by gangsters Stephen ``The Rifleman" Flemmi and, allegedly, James ``Whitey" Bulger.

New Hampshire economist Allan Stuart McCausland testified in US District Court in Boston in a $50 million wrongful death suit that McIntyre's mother, Emily, and brother, Christopher, have filed against the government, seeking money for their economic loss and for punitive damages based on alleged negligence......