13-1803. Earnings.
The value of lost earnings [and the present cash value of earning capacity reasonably certain to be lost in the future].
USE NOTES
This instruction is to be used in conjunction with UJI 13-1802. Standing alone the instruction is not complete.
The first part of the instruction is to be used for lost earnings to date of trial and, when there is an issue supported by the evidence concerning lost earning capacity in the future, then the bracketed material is to be used.
When future damages are involved, the jury will need to be instructed with reference to discounting present dollars in order to arrive at the "present cash value".
You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.