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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 4.13
Life Expectancy
In fixing the amount of compensation for some items of loss you may have to decide [decedent]’s ordinary life expectancy.
You have available as evidence what is called a table of mortality. According to the table, the ordinary life expectancy of a [male][female] person aged [insert deceased’s age on date of death] is [insert number from table] years. The table tells you the average life expectancy of persons of a particular age and sex. Many persons live longer and many die sooner than the average.
You should assume the figure in the table represents the probable life expectancy of [decedent] unless there is other evidence such as [his][her] occupation, health, family history, habits, and other activities from which you can reasonably conclude that [decedent]'s life expectancy was longer or shorter than average.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 4.13, dated (Added 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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