Survivors' Claims and Hypothetical Life Course in Delft
In death damage cases in Delft, chances of survival, career development and partnership are discounted (article 6:108 BW). The District Court of Rotterdam, competent for Delft, calculates lost maintenance using probabilistic life expectancy, taking into account local demography.
Supreme Court judgment of 26 June 2015 (ECLI:NL:HR:2015:1793) confirms discounting of divorce chances, relevant for Delft family households. Actuarial tables from the CBS, adjusted to the Delft region with its young student population at TU Delft, support this.
Practice in Delft
Widows from Delft often claim child maintenance after accidents on the A13 or in the city centre; judges reduce for unemployment chances of the deceased, given the stable labour market in the region. Experts model scenarios with Delft income statistics from the local UWV.
This ensures fair compensation for survivors in Delft, where proximity to university and port creates specific life course patterns.