NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 106.06
PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES-LOSS OF EARNINGS.
Damages for personal injury also include fair compensation for the
[past] [present] [future]2 loss of time from employment, loss from
inability to perform ordinary labor, or the reduced capacity to earn money
experienced by the plaintiff as a proximate result of the negligence of the
defendant.3
In determining this amount, you should consider the evidence as
to:
[the plaintiff's age and occupation]
[the nature and extent of the plaintiff's employment]
[the value of the plaintiff's services]
[the amount of the plaintiff's income, at the time of his injury, from
salary, wages or other compensation]
[the effect of the plaintiff's disability or disfigurement on his
earning capacity]4
[the plaintiff's loss of profits from his business or profession]5
[the loss of capacity to earn money]
[specify any other factor supported by the evidence].
(The fact that a person [was not working at the time of his injury]
[had not yet begun work at the time he was injured] does not, in and of
itself, prevent a person from recovering fair compensation for loss of
future earning capacity.)6
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 106.06 (May 2000). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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