What is the proper direction to the jury in a personal injury case when determining the value of an annuity?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., 1974 CanLII 298 (AB QB):
In Phillips v. London & South Western Ry., supra, James L.J. said [p. 84]: “The proper direction to the jury, as it seems to me, would have been to tell them to calculate the value of the income as a life annuity, and then make an allowance for its being subject to the contingencies of the plaintiff retiring, failing in his practice, and so forth.”
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