Inputs you need for Wrongful Death Damages in Brazil
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Published April 15, 2026 • By DocketMath Team
Inputs you will need
To estimate wrongful death damages in Brazil with DocketMath (tool: wrongful-death-damages), you’ll typically provide inputs tied to (1) the deceased’s personal circumstances, (2) the harm timeline, (3) eligible beneficiaries and their shares, and (4) economic assumptions the model uses.
Use this checklist to gather the core facts before you run the calculator. This is meant to be practical and helps you avoid common data-entry mistakes; it is not legal advice.
Input checklist (BR)
Pitfall to avoid: mixing gross vs. net income, or mixing monthly vs. annual figures across inputs can make results misleading. Before entering anything, confirm whether each field expects monthly, annual, or one-time amounts.
Where to find each input
Below is a practical “where to look” guide aligned to common Brazil wrongful death damages workflows. Use what you already have in your case file.
Most inputs live in the case file, contracts, or docket entries. Dates usually come from the triggering event notice; rates and caps come from governing documents or statute; and amounts come from the ledger or judgment. Record the source for each value so the run is reproducible.
Core life and timeline inputs
- Date of death / date of birth / age at death
- Look in: certidão de óbito (death certificate) and identification documents.
- **Incident timeline (for the harm period)
- Look in: incident report, police report, medical records, or court filings that describe the date of occurrence.
Income and economic-loss inputs
- Monthly gross income
- Look in:
- payslips (holerites) for employees
- employer statements
- invoices/contracts for self-employed work
- tax filings if that’s what you rely on
- For variable income, choose one consistent method (for example, last 12 months average) and apply it uniformly.
- Employment type
- Look in: employment contract, carteira de trabalho, client contracts, or tax status documentation.
Beneficiary and dependency inputs
- Beneficiaries and dependency
- Look in: birth/marriage certificates, dependency statements, family registry documents, and evidence showing the level of financial support.
- If dependency is disputed, document the factual basis you’re using for each beneficiary—don’t leave shares or dependency flags blank if DocketMath requires them.
- Beneficiary shares
- Look in: your internal allocation rule or settlement/claim theory used to divide economic components among beneficiaries.
Cost inputs
- Medical expenses
- Look in: hospital bills, receipts, and medical invoices.
- Funeral expenses
- Look in: funeral invoices/receipts and burial cost documentation.
- Survivor benefits / offsets
- Look in: benefit statements (e.g., INSS records), award letters, and payment history showing amounts and start dates.
Modeling assumptions
- Discount rate or scenario selection
- Look in: DocketMath’s questionnaire step (if it offers preset scenarios) or your internal assumptions memo.
- Currency
- Confirm the tool expects BRL (R$); convert once, then reuse consistently.
Run it
After you’ve collected inputs, run DocketMath → wrongful-death-damages and review whether outputs track your underlying data quality.
- Open the tool here: **/tools/wrongful-death-damages
- Enter the core time inputs first:
- date of death
- (optional) start date for the modeling period
- Add the deceased profile:
- age at death or date of birth
- sex at birth (if requested)
- Enter income:
- monthly gross income
- ensure the units match what the tool expects
- Add beneficiaries:
- add each beneficiary
- set dependency/eligibility indicators (if requested)
- input shares so the tool can allocate the economic component
- Enter expenses and offsets:
- pre-death medical costs
- funeral costs
- survivor benefits / pensions, if the tool supports offsets
- Choose your modeling choices:
- economic-loss horizon (end date/cutoff)
- any rate / discount assumption settings DocketMath provides
- Review results:
- economic component totals
- any allocated totals per beneficiary (if the tool provides distribution)
- non-economic estimates (if included)
- any scenario/range outputs (if DocketMath provides comparisons)
How changes in inputs affect outputs
Use these directional checks while reviewing results:
| Input you change | Typical direction of impact on damages |
|---|---|
| Higher monthly gross income | Usually increases the economic-loss component |
| More beneficiaries / larger shares | Usually increases allocated totals overall (and can change distribution) |
| Higher medical + funeral expenses | Usually increases expense reimbursement components |
| Earlier death date / shorter horizon | Usually reduces projected economic-loss total |
| Larger survivor benefits offset | Often reduces net economic loss (if offsets apply) |
| Longer economic-loss horizon | Often increases projected economic-loss total |
| Changing income basis (avg vs last month) | Can increase or decrease results depending on which amount is larger |
Note: wrongful death models often treat economic loss, expenses, and any non-economic line items differently. Don’t assume one input (like income) “scales everything.”
Output sanity checklist
Before you finalize your estimate, confirm:
If you want to stress-test assumptions, run two scenarios:
- Conservative: lower averaged income, shorter horizon
- Higher exposure: higher averaged income, longer horizon
Then compare which inputs move the result the most—this helps you identify leverage points in the model.