How does a jury determine the amount to be awarded the plaintiff in a wrongful death case?
If the jury finds the defendant at fault in causing a death, the jury will award damages to compensate each heir for losses suffered by reason of the death. In determining such loss, the jury may consider the financial support, if any, that each of said heirs would have received from the deceased except for such death, and the right to receive support, if any, that each of said heirs has lost by reason of such death. The right of one person to receive support from another is not destroyed by the fact that the former does not need the support, nor by the fact that the latter has not provided it.
