Wis JI-Civil 1838

Question _____ asks you to determine (child)'s loss of society and companionship resulting

from injuries sustained by (parent).

Society and companionship includes the love, affection, care, protection, and guidance the

child would have received from (parent) had (he) (she) not been injured. It does not include the loss

of monetary support from the parent or the grief or mental suffering caused by the parent's injury.

In determining (child)'s loss of society and companionship, you should consider the age of the

child and the age of parent; the past relationship between the child and the parent; the love, affection,

and conduct of each toward the other; the society and companionship that had been given to the child

by the parent; and the personality, disposition, and character of the child and parent. The amount

inserted by you should reasonably compensate (child) for any loss of society and companionship

(child) has sustained since the injury to (parent) and the amount you are reasonably certain (he) (she)

will sustain in the future.

If you find that (parent)'s disability (injuries) will continue in the future as a natural result of

the injury and that (child) will suffer a loss of the (parent)'s aid, comfort, society, and companionship

in the future, you should include in your award such sum as will fairly and reasonably compensate

(child) for this future loss but only until (child) reaches (his) (her) 18th birthday.