WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Civil 1845
Injury to Child: Parents' Damages for Services Rendered to Child: Past and Future
Subdivision of question asks what sum will reasonably compensate (name) for
additional home and personal nursing care and services rendered to (his) (her) minor (son)
(daughter) because of the injuries sustained in this (collision) (accident).
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 ( ) for such additional home and nursing care and services as the parents
necessarily furnished and rendered to their minor (son) (daughter) in the care and treatment
of the injuries sustained by (him) (her) as a natural result of this (collision) (accident).
The amount you will allow for such services, however, will not exceed an amount (
) would have been compelled to pay others to render such or similar services.
If you find that such nursing care and services will continue to be incurred in the
future, you may allow, and include in your award, an amount which will fairly and
reasonably compensate ( ) for such home nursing care and services as the parents will
necessarily render and furnish to their minor (son) (daughter) in the care and treatment of the
injuries sustained by (him) (her) as a natural result of this (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. Such sum shall not exceed the amount ( ) would be compelled to
pay others to render such or similar services.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1845 (1992). ©1992, 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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