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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5016
Damages - Wrongful Death - Deceased Person’s Money Value of His or Her Work- Life Expectancy
The money value of the deceased person’s work-life expectancy is the present value of
money that the deceased person could have reasonably been expected to earn over [his/her]
work-life expectancy had [he/she] not been injured. However, the cash value of living expenses
which the deceased person would have reasonably spent during [his/her] lifetime must be
subtracted from the amount.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5016 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
06ef6a63412aebe5ecdae9e4d20a5e8ac8c63cccaf583c100f5f1c86646d1a32
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