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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5017
Damages - Wrongful Death - Ages and Life Expectancy
The following people’s ages are listed for you to consider in determining the amount of
wrongful death damages, if any, to award as a result of [name of deceased person]’s death.
[Name of deceased person] was _____ years old at the time of [his/her] death. [Name of
deceased person]’s life expectancy was _____ years.
[Name of deceased person’s mother]’s life expectancy is _____ years.
[Name of deceased person’s father]’s life expectancy is _____ years.
[Name of deceased person’s brother/sister]’s life expectancy is _____ years.
[Name of deceased person’s child]’s was _____ years old at the time of [his/her]
[father/mother]’s death.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5017 (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
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