Alesse v. Baker

Sam Alesse, owner of Sam’s 24 Hour Towing [Sam’s], appeals a negligence judgment entered in favor of Sandra and Duane Baker [“the Bakers”]. We affirm.

At trial, the Bakers presented expert testimony on the value of Sandra’s future economic damages, although the testimony on the various elements was not very clear. The jury was instructed without objection that:

Any amount of damages which you allow for future medical expenses or loss of ability to earn money in the future should be reduced to its present money value, and only the present money value of those future economic damages should be…