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§ 21-5-7 — Damages proportionate to pecuniary injury to beneficiaries.

South Dakota § 21-5-7
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 21JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Ch. 21-5WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 21-5-7 (2026).

Text

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.

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Legislative History

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.

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Interest on damages--Prejudgment interest--Retroactive application.
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