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WALLACE v. COUCH

642 S.W.2d 141 (1982)

Max F. WALLACE, father and next of kin of Jeffrey M. Wallace, Deceased, Appellant, v. Donald P. COUCH and David L. Couch, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Morgan, Morgan, Garner, Wood & Guthrie, David R. Prickett, Morgan, Garner, Wood & Guthrie, Chattanooga, for appellant.

David E. Harrison, Stringer & Grant, P.C., Chattanooga, for appellees.

OPINION

ALLISON B. HUMPHREYS, Special Justice.

This is a wrongful death case in which the issue is whether the trial judge erred in giving the jury the following instruction:

"You are charged that when determining the amount of damages based upon life expectancy and earning capacity there should be a deduction of the deceased's probable living expenses had the deceased lived. These living expenses are those that under the standard of living followed...

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