M Civ JI 50.03 Elements of Damage - Disability and Disfigurement

… the *(disability including the loss or impairment of [ describe ]).

*(and the)

*(disfigurement of [ describe ]).

Note on Use

*The appropriate element or elements are to be inserted in M Civ JI 50.01 where the evidence justifies their use. A brief description of the disability or disfigurement or both must be inserted to tailor the instruction to the facts of the case.

Comment

Disability and disfigurement are recognized as separate elements of compensable damages in Michigan. Where relevant, they may both be properly inserted in M Civ JI 50.01. Disfigurement and disability were both held compensable elements of damage in Shaw v Chicago & G T R Co, 123 Mich 629; 82 NW 618 (1900), and Power v Harlow, 57 Mich 107; 23 NW 606 (1885). Instructions including disfigurement as an element of compensable damage were approved in Sherwood v Chicago & W M R Co, 82 Mich 374; 46 NW 773 (1890), and Gilson v Bronkhorst, 353 Mich 148; 90 NW2d 701 (1958). Disabilities were held compensable in Brininstool v Michigan United R Co, 157 Mich 172; 121 NW 728 (1909); Ott v Wilson, 216 Mich 499; 185 NW 860 (1921); McDuffie v Root, 300 Mich 286; 1 NW2d 544 (1942); Prince v Lott, 369 Mich 606; 120 NW2d 780 (1963); and Magda v Johns, 374 Mich 14; 130 NW2d 902 (1964).

History

M Civ JI 50.03 was SJI 30.03.