Michigan Laws 600.6305 – Verdict or judgment; specific findings; basis of calculation of future damages
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(1) Any verdict or judgment rendered by a trier of fact in a personal injury action subject to this chapter shall include specific findings of the following:
(a) Any past economic and noneconomic damages.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 600.6305
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Future damages: means damages arising from personal injury which the trier of fact finds will accrue after the damage findings are made and includes damages for medical treatment, care and custody, loss of earnings, loss of earning capacity, loss of bodily function, and pain and suffering. See Michigan Laws 600.6301
- judgment: as used in this act , includes decree. See Michigan Laws 600.112
- Personal injury: means bodily harm, sickness, disease, death, or emotional harm resulting from bodily harm. See Michigan Laws 600.6301
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
(b) Any future damages and the periods over which they will accrue, on an annual basis, for each of the following types of future damages:
(i) Medical and other costs of health care.
(ii) Lost wages or earnings or lost earning capacity and other economic loss.
(iii) Noneconomic loss.
(2) The calculation of future damages for types of future damages described in subsection (1)(b) shall be based on the costs and losses during the period of time the plaintiff will sustain those costs and losses. In the event of death, the calculation of future damages shall be based on the losses during the period of time the plaintiff would have lived but for the injury upon which the claim is based.