3903H. Damage To Annual Crop (Economic Damage)

3903H. Damage to Annual Crop (Economic Damage) Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 [Insert number, e.g., "8."] The harm to [name of plaintiff]'s crop. [Damages for the destruction of an entire annual crop are determined as follows: 1. 2. Determine the expected market value of the crop before the harm occurred; and Subtract from this amount the estimated costs of producing and marketing the crop, excluding costs that have already been paid by [name of plaintiff].] [Damages for the destruction of part of an annual crop are determined as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. Determine the expected market value of the crop before the harm occurred; Subtract from this amount the estimated costs of producing and marketing the crop. This is the expected net profit. Next, subtract the actual cost of producing and marketing the surviving crop from the actual receipts. This is actual net profit. Subtract number 3 from number 2. This amount is [name of plaintiff]'s damages for this loss.] ________________________________________________________________________________ New September 2003