Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 4.06B

The _____ item of economic loss claimed by the plaintiff is the future loss of support that [statutory beneficiary] could have reasonably expected to receive from [decedent] from the date of trial to the end of [his][her] ordinary life expectancy. Support includes all forms of economic support, including money and property.

To determine how much money [decedent] would have had available to provide future support, you should do the following: Compute the amount [decedent] could have earned from the date of trial, [insert date], to the end of [his][her] ordinary life expectancy. I will explain in a few minutes how to compute the amount the deceased could have earned. Do not subtract any amount for payment of future income taxes. Do subtract the amount [decedent] would have spent on [himself] [herself] during that period, had [he][she] lived to the end of [his][her] ordinary life expectancy. The remaining amount is what [decedent] would have had available for future support.

Once you have determined the amount of money [decedent] would have had available, you must decide how much of that amount [decedent] would have actually provided for support. In determining the amount of such support, you may consider the willingness of [decedent] to provide support; the extent of the support customarily provided by [decedent] in the past; the support reasonably expected to be provided by a [insert relationship of deceased to the beneficiar[y][ies], e.g., husband to his wife and children]; and how long [the][each] beneficiary would have received such support. You may make an award for support even if [decedent] was not legally required to provide support.

[Any award for future loss of support must be reduced to present cash value. I will explain in a few minutes the meaning of present cash value and how to reduce to present cash value.]