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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 20.15
Damage to Property
The (first, second, etc.) item of claimed loss is damage to plaintiff's (insert item of personal property). The amount that will reasonably compensate plaintiff for this loss is the following:
A. The reasonable cost of repairing the damage to plaintiff's (insert item of property). [You may include as a cost of repair (insert any specific or indirect costs allowable as a repair cost).]
B. The difference in the fair market value of the (insert item of property) immediately before and immediately after the (accident). If, however, it is cheaper to repair the (insert item of property) so that it would have the same fair market value as it did immediately before the accident, you should compensate the plaintiff only for the costs of such repairs. In a moment I will explain how to measure the fair market value.
C. The reasonable costs of repairing the damage to plaintiff's (insert item of property) plus the difference between the fair market value of the (insert item of property) immediately before the (accident) and its fair market value after the repairs have been made. In a moment I will explain how to measure the fair market value.
D. The reasonable costs of repairing the damage to plaintiff's (insert item of property). If, however, it is cheaper to buy a replacement for the (insert item of property) than to repair it, you should compensate the plaintiff for the cost of the replacement less the trade-in value of the damaged (insert item of property).
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 20.15, dated (2015). 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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