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Wis JI-Civil 1840
Injury to Minor Child: Parents' Damages for Medical Expenses: Past and Future
Subdivision of question asks what sums will reasonably compensate (plaintiff)
for hospital, medical, and dental expenses incurred for the care and treatment of (his) (her)
minor (son) (daughter).
Under the law, parents are liable for the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in
the care and treatment of their minor children.
You will carefully consider the credible evidence, and reasonable inferences
therefrom, bearing on this inquiry and in answer name such sum as will fairly and reasonably
compensate (plaintiff) for such hospital, medical, and dental expenses as (he) (she)
necessarily incurred for the care of (minor child) in the treatment of the injuries sustained by
(minor child) as a natural and direct result of this (collision) (accident). If you find that such
expenses will continue to be incurred in the future by (plaintiff), you should allow, and
include in your award, an amount which will fairly and reasonably compensate (plaintiff) for
such medical, hospital, and dental expenses as (plaintiff) will necessarily incur for the care of
(minor child) in the treatment of the injuries sustained by (him) (her) as a natural result of the
(collision) (accident), during the period of (his) (her) minority, up to but not beyond the time
(he) (she) will have reached (his) (her) 18th birthday.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1840 (1996). ©1996, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
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- 2026-09-24
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- 2026-09-24
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