WPI 30.16 Measure of Damages—Damage to Personal Property—Loss of Use
6 WAPRAC WPI 30.16Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
6 Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 30.16 (7th ed.)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
April 2022 Update
Part IV. Damages
Chapter 30. Personal and Property Damages
WPI 30.16 Measure of Damages—Damage to Personal Property—Loss of Use
Reasonable compensation for any loss of use of any damaged property during the time reasonably required for its [repair] [replacement].
NOTE ON USE
Insert this phrase as an element of economic damage in the appropriate damage instruction (WPI 30.01.01, WPI 30.02.01, or WPI 30.03.01) when the evidence justifies its use. Use bracketed material as applicable.
COMMENT
RCW 4.56.250(1)(a).
The statute defines economic damages as including “loss of use of property.”
See Holmes v. Raffo, 60 Wn.2d 421, 433, 374 P.2d 536 (1962) (approving damages for loss of use of an automobile).
[Current as of April 2021.]
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