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Practice Tip: Determining Damages to Entrepreneurs
According to Census Bureau figures, the United States is home to some 20 million sole proprietorships, so chances are good that an active trial attorney will eventually be confronted with a case involving a small-business owner. Determining the lost future income of a self-employed entrepreneur or sole proprietor
is not a simple task. My colleagues and I have analyzed damages to entrepreneurs in a multitude of varying scenarios and find that claims very often rely on inappropriate evidence. Moreover, they tend to confuse business loss with the individual's lost earning capacity. Here are some common problems encountered in determining damages to entrepreneurs.
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