31.13. Mortality Tables as Evidence of Damages-Wrongful Death Case

31.13 Mortality Tables as Evidence of Damages--Wrongful Death Case If you find for the plaintiff, then in assessing damages you may consider how long the [name[s] of widow and/or next of kin] will be likely to sustain pecuniary losses as a result of [name of decedent]'s death, considering how long [name of decedent] was likely to have lived and how long [name[s] of widow and/or next of kin] [is] [are] likely to live. According to a table of mortality in evidence, the life expectancy of a [male] person aged [___] years is [___] years. That of a [female] person aged [___] years is [___] years [and that of a [male] person aged [___] years is [___] years]. These figures are not conclusive. They are the average life expectancies of persons who have reached those ages. They may be considered by you in connection with other evidence relating to the probable life expectancies of the decedent and [his widow] [and] [his next of kin] including evidence of the decedent's occupation, health, habits and activities, bearing in mind that some persons live longer and some persons live less than the average. In calculating the amount of these pecuniary losses consisting of money, benefits, goods or services, you must determine their present cash value. "Present cash value" means the sum of money needed now which, together with what that sum may reasonably be expected to earn in the future, will equal the amounts of those pecuniary losses at the times in the future when they will be sustained. Damages for [loss of sexual relations] [loss of society] are not reduced to present cash value.