AK · jury_instructions
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 20.05
Inflation and Present Value/Future Economic Losses
Plaintiff claims that (he) (she) will have economic losses in the future, consisting of [future medical expenses] [and] [loss of future earning capacity]. I will now instruct you on two principles you must apply to calculate an award for a future economic loss.
The first principle is that an award for future economic loss must account for the effect that any future inflation would have on the amount of the future economic loss. [Any award for future medical expenses must be based on the cost of the medical expenses when they are incurred in the future.] [Any award for future loss of earning capacity must account for reasonably probable increases in wages due to inflation.]
The second principle is that any award that you make for future economic loss must be equal to the amount of money that the plaintiff would need to invest today so that the total of the amount invested today plus future investment earnings equals the amount of the future economic loss when it will occur in the future. To make this calculation, you must make three assumptions: (1) that the money you award to the plaintiff for a future economic loss would be available to (him) (her) today; (2) that the plaintiff would invest the money immediately; and (3) that the plaintiff would invest the money in investments that would pay the long-term future interest rates that would be obtained in the best and safest investments.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 20.05, dated (1990). 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
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