Section 4.47 Anatomy and Disease

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b. (§4.47) Anatomy and Disease

· Life expectancy. Crane v. Crest Tankers, Inc., 47 F.3d 292 (8^th Cir. 1995).

· Courts may take judicial notice of the mortality tables found in Volume 42 of Vernon’s Annotated Missouri Statutes, p. 801 (Vernon Law Book Co. 1953), to establish a plaintiff’s life expectancy. Turner v. Cowart, 450 S.W.2d 441, 445 (Mo. 1969). Also, the courts have ruled that “standard mortality tables” are admissible and may be considered by the jury to determine life expectancy. Leh v. Dyer, 643 S.W.2d 65 (Mo. App. E.D. 1982); Kilmer v. Browning, 806 S.W.2d 75 (Mo. App. S.D. 1991). Before ruling on the admissibility of a mortality table, the court will usually require a submissible showing of a permanent injury by a plaintiff. Simmons v. Jones, 361 S.W.2d 860 (Mo. App. S.D. 1962).

· Insanity may be transient. Forbis v. Forbis, 274 S.W.2d 800 (Mo. App. S.D. 1955).

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