WPI 30.08.02 Measure of Economic Damages—Elements of Future Damages—Loss of Earnings—Adult Plai...
6 WAPRAC WPI 30.08.02Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
6 Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 30.08.02 (7th ed.)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
April 2022 Update
Part IV. Damages
Chapter 30. Personal and Property Damages
WPI 30.08.02 Measure of Economic Damages—Elements of Future Damages—Loss of Earnings—Adult Plaintiff, Emancipated Minor, or Minor Whose Parent Has Waived Wage Claim
The reasonable value of [earnings] [earning capacity] [salaries] [employment] [business opportunities] [employment opportunities] with reasonable probability to be lost in the future.
NOTE ON USE
Insert this phrase as an element of future economic damages in the damage instruction (WPI 30.01.01, WPI 30.02.01, or WPI 30.03.01) if the evidence justifies its use.
Use WPI 34.02 (Future Economic Damages—Present Cash Value) with this instruction if supported by the evidence.
Care must be exercised to distinguish between lost earnings and lost earning capacity in order to avoid erroneous duplication of elements. See the Comment to WPI 30.08.01 (Measure of Economic Damages—Elements of Past Damages—Loss of Earnings—Adult Plaintiff, Emancipated Minor, or Minor Whose Parent Has Waived Wage Claim).
Use bracketed material as applicable.
COMMENT
See the Comment to WPI 30.08.01 (Measure of Economic Damages—Elements of Past Damages—Loss of Earnings—Adult Plaintiff, Emancipated Minor, or Minor Whose Parent Has Waived Wage Claim). For a discussion relating to the burden of proof for future damages, see the Comment to WPI 30.01.04 (Future Damages—Definition).
[Current as of April 2021.]
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