M Civ JI 53.01 Statutory Mortality Table - Injury Case [ Instruction Deleted ]

Comment

The mortality table that was part of MCL 500.834 was deleted by 1994 PA 226.

In the absence of a stipulation as to the mortality table to be used, testimony may be necessary.

Tables of life expectancy for Michigan residents are available from the Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics. The tables may be accessed electronically at http://www.michigan.gov/mdch.

Life expectancy tables for the United States and individual states are available from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. The tables may be accessed electronically at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/. The United States Department of Health and Human Services also publishes U.S. Decennial Life Tables containing information for the various states. Life expectancy tables can also be found in the Statistical Abstract of the United States published by the United States Department of Commerce.

There may be other sources of mortality tables.

History

M Civ JI 53.01 was SJI 34.01. Amended January 1992. Deleted October 1999.