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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 4.03
Wrongful Death Claim - With Optional Survival Claim
The plaintiff claims that the defendant is legally responsible both for harm suffered by the deceased before [his][her] death and for loss caused to the deceased's [beneficiar(y)(ies)][estate] by [his][her] death. [These are two separate claims against the defendant and you must decide them separately.]
[(1) Plaintiff seeks compensation for the deceased's estate for harm suffered by the deceased before [he][she] died.]
[(2)] Plaintiff seeks compensation for the deceased's [beneficiar(y)(ies)] [estate] for the loss suffered because of the death of the deceased.
[For each of these claims] you must decide whether the defendant is legally responsible for the [injury or] death and, if so, the amount of compensation. [If you find for the plaintiff on both claims, you must compute a separate sum of money for each claim.]
I will explain to you in a moment how to decide each of these issues.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 4.03, dated Revised 2013. 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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