Section 6 Pecuniary Damages

• Library: Damages 2012

Section 537.090, RSMo Supp. 2011, specifically allows for the recovery of pecuniary losses suffered by reason of the death. If the proper party plaintiffs can demonstrate reasonable probability of pecuniary benefit from the continued life of the decedent, they are entitled to recover. Domijan v. Harp, 340 S.W.2d 728, 734 (Mo. 1960). The jury has broad discretion in calculating pecuniary damages and may consider pecuniary losses of every kind that necessarily result from the death. Caen v. Feld, 371 S.W.2d...