Ever wonder what a jury verdict form looks like? If you have been injured in a West Palm Bech car accident and your West Palm Beach car accident attorney must proceed to trial on your case, he/she will have to work with the defense attorney to draft a verdict form to be submitted to the jury for deliberation once the trial has ended. A typical car accident jury verdict form might include the following:
VERDICT
WE, THE JURY, RETURN THE FOLLOWING VERDICT:
1. Was the negligence on the part of defendant, a legal cause of damage to the Plaintiff?
YES NO
If your answer is NO, your verdict is for the Defendant, and you should not proceed further, except to date and sign this verdict form and return it to the courtroom. If your answer is YES, please answer the next question.
2. What is the total amount of reasonable and necessary medical expenses sustained by the Plaintiff, and caused by the subject accident?
a. In the past? $
b. In the future? $
c.
The number of years over which those future
damages are intended to provide compensation
d. What is the present value of those future damages? $
3. What is the total amount of lost wages or loss of ability to earn money sustained by the Plaintiff, and caused by the subject accident?
a. In the past? $
b. In the future? $
c.
The number of years over which those future
damages are intended to provide compensation
d. What is the present value of those future damages? $
4. Do you find that the Plaintiff, suffered a permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability as a result of the subject accident?
YES NO
If your answer is NO, you should not proceed further, except to date and sign this verdict form and return it to the courtroom.
If your answer is YES, please answer the next question.
5. What is the amount of any damages for pain and suffering, disability, physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience, aggravation of a disease, aggravation of a pre-existing physical defect or condition, or loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, and caused by the subject accident?
a. In the past? $
b. In the future? $
SO SAY WE ALL this _____ day of _______________, 2010
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