AK · jury_instructions
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 20.02B
Future Medical Expenses
The (first, second, etc.) item of economic loss claimed by the plaintiff is the reasonable expense of necessary medical care reasonably probable to be received in the future. In order to award damages for a future medical expense, you must find that
(1) the expense is reasonably necessary;
(2) the expense is reasonably certain to occur; and
(3) the evidence provides you with a reasonable basis for estimating the amount of the expense.
[In deciding how long the plaintiff may have medical expenses in the future you may need to consider (his) (her) current life expectancy.]
[In fixing this amount, "medical care" includes: (insert any claimed services or items which the Court determines are "medical care", such as nursing care, drugs, etc.).]
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 20.02B, dated (Rev. 2021). Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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