S.D. Codified Laws § 21-5-7

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024

Section 21-5-7 - Damages proportionate to pecuniary injury to beneficiaries

In every action for wrongful death the jury may give such damages as they may think proportionate to the pecuniary injury resulting from such death to the persons respectively for whose benefit such action shall be brought.

SDCL 21-5-7

SL 1909, ch 301, § 3; RC 1919, § 2931; SDC 1939, § 37.2203; SL 1947, ch 173; SL 1951, ch 193; SL 1957, ch 194; SL 1963, ch 235; SL 1967, ch 149.