In the trial of a civil suit for personal injuries, counsel shall be allowed to argue the worth or monetary value of pain and suffering to the jury; provided, that the argument shall conform to the evidence or reasonable deduction from the evidence in such case.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-304
Monetary value of pain and suffering permitted in argument
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb (2010)
Most recently applied in Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb (September 2010)
Acts 1963, ch. 79, § 2; T.C.A., § 20-1327.
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