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Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
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13-2311. Lost wages.
The wages ________________________ (plaintiff) would have earned during the period that [he] [she] would have remained employed by _____________________ (defendant) had there been no wrongful discharge.
USE NOTES
This instruction should be inserted into UJI 13-2310 NMRA, Damages for Wrongful Discharge, where loss of past or future wages is an element of the plaintiff's damages.
Where mitigation of damages is a jury question, it may be appropriate, in lieu of this instruction, to adapt the instruction applicable to damages for breach of an express contract of employment, if the instruction is suited to the facts. See UJI 13-851 NMRA.
[Approved, effective January 1, 1999.]
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