Haltiwanger v. Barr

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• holding that future damages may be recovered in a personal injury action so long as the damages are reasonably certain to result in the future from the injury
• holding that future damages may be recovered in a personal injury action so long as the damages are reasonably certain to result in the future from the injury
• stating that the plaintiff in a personal injury action can recover for the reasonable value of future medical expenses to the extent they are reasonably certain to result in the future from the injury giving rise to the lawsuit
• to recover future damages in a negligence case, the plaintiff must prove the damages are reasonably certain to occur
• it is the duty of the jury to estimate, as best it can, the future damages which are reasonably certain to be accrued by the plaintiff
• future damages need not be proven to a mathematical certainty, and often must be approximated; therefore, \[a] wide latitude is allowed the jury\

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