CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 15:16
Determining Present Value of Future Damages
If you determine the plaintiff, (name), will probably have future damages in any one
or more of the categories set out in Question 11 of Special Verdict Form B, then the amount
of any damages you determine for each category must be stated in terms of its “present
value.”
To state any future damages in any category in terms of their present value, you
must:
1. Determine the total damages for the (injuries) (damages) (losses) the plaintiff will
have in each category in the future, for the period of time plaintiff will probably have those
(injuries) (damages) (losses); and
2. Discount the damages in each category to today’s value, using a reasonable
commercial rate.
History
CJI-Civ. (2026), Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions. Dated 2026-02-25 by the committee page's "Revised 2/25/26".
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- civ-2026-02-25
- Content hash
534e24062152f2e7303e4c765a4fb855cb54fb1db52baccbf6d9c357d32f150d
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