Case Studies
Our firm has over 80 years of experience working on assignments that span over 800 industries around the world. By exploring some of the cases we have worked on you will gain a better understanding of how we might be able to assist you in your quantification, investigation or valuation needs. Refine your search by selecting a practice area or industry.
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Heat Prostration Loss at an Egg Layer Barn
Failed ventilation inside an egg laying barn led to the death of an entire flock of hens. To help quantify the damages, MDD reviewed the number of eggs produced per hen on a weekly basis, the typical size and grade of the eggs, at what point in the flock cycle the hens died and how long the farm had...
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Economic Damages – Mining Loss
MDD was retained by an independent adjusting firm and insurers to review the economic damages claimed in relation to a loss with respect to a significant mining operation. Our role included assessing the loss related to the repair costs claim. We were required to analyze the repair in detail to make...
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Income Replacement Benefits – Employee
Our firm was retained by an insurance company to prepare a calculation of income replacement benefits owing under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule as a result of a motor vehicle accident (“MVA”). Our role was to quantify the income replacement benefits owing to the claimant as a result...
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Power Generation – Tube Rupture To Industrial Boiler
MDD was hired by Insurers to review the economic damages in relation to a tube rupture in an industrial boiler at a heat and power plant in Sweden. The plant is owned by the local community and provides electricity, heating and biogas to the local municipality. The major components of the heat and...
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Business Interruption – Fire at a Nursing Home
Our firm was engaged in a business interruption file for a government funded nursing home facility. The facility also charged residents living in private rooms a small daily rental fee. The facility suffered a fire and had to relocate residents to other areas of the facility, including common areas...
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Cucumber Greenhouse Fire
A fire at a greenhouse that grew long English cucumbers and mini cucumbers resulted in the complete loss of both crops and the shutdown of greenhouse operations for one year. MDD helped quantify this multi-million dollar claim by using historical information and considering greenhouse production for...
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Product Liability – Cosmetics Manufacturer
Our firm was hired to review the economic damages in relation to a cosmetic product liability issue. A Japanese manufacturer of cosmetics including a skin brightening product received reports of skin injury impacting 20,000 individuals across 10+ Japanese prefectures. The manufacture had to issue...
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Misrepresentation of Financial Performance of a Franchise
We prepared a report quantifying lost profits and loss of business value due to misrepresentation of the financial performance of a limited-service restaurant franchise. We reviewed the projections provided to the franchisee by the franchisor’s agent and compared them to the actual results of the...
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Expropriation – Restaurant
We were retained by the owner of a casual restaurant to calculate business losses from the partial taking of land and adjacent road widening work. We analyzed statistical data for comparable stores and for the industry as a whole, as well as the claimant’s actual results following the completion...
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