NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 109.62
DEFENDANT'S PROPERTY DAMAGES (COUNTERCLAIM)-DIMINUTION IN MARKET VALUE.
The defendant's actual property damages are equal to the
difference between the fair market value of the property immediately
before it was damaged and its fair market value immediately after it was
damaged. The fair market value of any property is the amount which
would be agreed upon as a fair price by an owner who wishes to sell, but
is not compelled to do so, and a buyer who wishes to buy, but is not
compelled to do so.
(If evidence is introduced regarding the actual or estimated cost of
repair, the following paragraph should be used: Evidence of [estimates
of the cost to repair] (and) [the actual cost of repairing] the damage to
the defendant's property may be considered by you in determining the
difference in fair market value1 immediately before and immediately after
the damage occurred.)2
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 109.62 (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.
Provenance
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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