Jury Instructions: S.B. 865 (2011)

Oklahoma

Provides that jury instructions applicable in a civil case shall include an instruction notifying the jury that no part of an award for damages for personal injury or wrongful death is subject to federal or state income taxes.  Any amount that the jury determines to be proper compensation for personal injury or wrongful death should not be increase or decreased by any consideration for income taxes.

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