the case. The court nevertheless agrees with Mr. DeWeese’s conclusion that the economic calculations for lost financial support should not include an assumption that Michelle would have obtained a four-year college degree. 28 . This amount is a result of the following calculations: Dr. Raffa testified that the present value of lost future services was $561,336.00, if the trial took place in March 2009. From this, the court subtracted $5,229.00, the sum Mr. Forman and Dr. Raffa included for play therapy and counseling education. The court then added $2,000.00, an amount Dr. Raffa testified would be needed to make up for the unnecessary present value discount for lost services during the six-month period between the initially expected trial date of March 2009 and the actual Cir.2003) (<HOLDING>), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 1111, 124 S.Ct. 1078,
holding that in diversity cases federal courts are to apply state substantive law and federal procedural law holding that federal courts should apply state substantive law holding that federal courts presiding over causes of action created by state law should apply state substantive law but federal procedural law holding that it was sensible for state law to consider state law damages cap as substantive because the cap reflects a judgment about the severity of the sanction appropriate to regulate the potentially injurious activity and that even if the state court considered a damages cap as procedural the federal courts would not holding that state court could regulate the practice of law in federal courts located in the state