Opinion ID: 1707674
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 22

Heading: When there is an issue of contributory negligence:

Text: If your verdict is for (defendant)(s), you will not consider the matter of damages. But if you find for (claimant), you should determine and write on the verdict form, in dollars, the total amount of [loss] [injury] [or] [damage] which the greater weight of the evidence shows he sustained as a result of the incident complained of, including any such damage as (claimant) is reasonably certain to [incur] [experience] in the future. You shall consider the following elements. Enumerate appropriate elements (6.2) Give 6.9 (mortality tables), 6.10 (reduction to present value) and 6.13 (collateral source), if applicable. In determining the total amount of damages, you should not make any reduction because of the negligence, if any, of (claimant). The court will enter a judgment based on your verdict and, if you find that (claimant) was negligent in any degree, the court in entering judgment will reduce the total amount of damages by the percentage of negligence which you find is chargeable to (claimant). [The court will also take into account, in entering judgment against any defendant whom you find to have been at fault, the percentage of that defendant's [negligence] [fault] compared to the total [negligence] [fault] of all the parties to this action.] Use the bracketed paragraph above only when there is more than one defendant.