IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 160.14
FELA--Measure of Damages--Death--No Contributory Negligence
If you decide for the plaintiff on the question of liability, you must then fix the amount of
money which will reasonably and fairly compensate the survivors of the decedent for any
pecuniary loss they have suffered and for any pecuniary loss they are reasonably certain to suffer
in the future by reason of the death of the decedent.
[In calculating the amount of any future pecuniary loss, you must not simply multiply the
survivors' life expectancies by the annual losses. Instead, you must determine the present cash
value of the future losses. “Present cash value” means the sum of money needed now which,
together with what that sum may reasonably be expected to earn in the future, will equal the
amounts of the pecuniary losses at the times in the future when they will be sustained.]
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