NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 109.02
DEFENDANT'S PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES (COUNTERCLAIM)-IN GENERAL.
Actual damages are the fair compensation to be awarded to a
person for any [past] [present] [future] injury proximately caused by the
negligence of another.
In determining the amount, if any, you award the defendant, you
will consider the evidence you have heard as to (each of the following
types of damages):
[medical expenses]
[loss of earnings]
[pain and suffering]
[scars or disfigurement]
[(partial) loss (of use) of part of the body]
[permanent injury]
[state any other type of damage supported by the evidence].1
The total of all damages are to be awarded in one lump sum.2 I
will now explain the law of damages as it relates to each of these.
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 109.02 (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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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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