UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV2013
Wrongful death claim. Adult. Factors for deciding damages.
Damages include an amount that will compensate [name of plaintiff] for the loss suffered due to [name of decedent]'s death.
Calculate this amount based on all circumstances existing at the time of [name of decedent]'s death that establish [name of plaintiff]'s loss, including the age, health and life expectancies of [name of decedent] and [name of plaintiff] immediately prior to the death.
You may calculate economic damages for:
(1) The loss of financial support, past and future, that [name of plaintiff] would likely have received, or been entitled to receive, from [name of decedent] had [name of decedent] lived.
(2) The loss or reduction of inheritance from [name of decedent] [name of plaintiff] is likely to suffer because of [name of decedent]'s death.
(3) Any other evidence of assistance or benefit that [name of plaintiff] would likely have received had [name of decedent] lived.
You may calculate non-economic damages for the loss of such things as love, companionship, society, comfort, pleasure, advice, care, protection and affection which [name of plaintiff] has sustained and will sustain in the future.
[In determining this award, you are not to consider any pain or suffering of [name of decedent] prior to [his] death.]
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- 2026-08-22
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