CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 3932
Life Expectancy
If you decide [name of plaintiff] has suffered damages that will continue
for the rest of [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun] life, you must determine how
long [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] will probably live. According to [insert
source of information], a [insert number]-year-old [male/female] is expected
to live another [insert number] years. This is the average life expectancy.
Some people live longer and others die sooner.
This published information is evidence of how long a person is likely to
live but is not conclusive. In deciding a person’s life expectancy, you
should also consider, among other factors, that person’s health, habits,
activities, lifestyle, and occupation.
New September 2003; Revised February 2005, February 2007
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
666b5afc0f43534b1ba9c6a0da48a73ffd5de28fb6c33879aa860ac89f0ded40
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