Counsel may place unit value on pain and suffering.

- Under this section, counsel is allowed to argue the value of pain and suffering, and it is not improper to place a unit value on such pain. Mullis v. Chaika, 118 Ga. App. 11, 162 S.E.2d 448 (1968) (see O.C.G.A. § 9-10-184).

Counsel's argument of unit value of pain and suffering must be reasonable.

- Although a witness may not express a witness's opinion as to the monetary value of damages for pain and suffering, it is not improper for counsel to argue to the jury the per diem, monthly, or yearly value of the plaintiff's pain and suffering, provided such argument is within the bounds of reasonable deduction from the evidence in the case. Hardwick v. Price, 114 Ga. App. 817, 152 S.E.2d 905 (1966).

Unit of time argument, allowed in Georgia, is nothing more than an effort to persuade the jury to evaluate a long period of pain and suffering in terms of its smaller time equivalents. Baron Tube Co. v. Transport Ins. Co., 365 F.2d 858 (5th Cir. 1966).

Unit value not reducible to present cash value.

- The fact that the plaintiff attempts to place a unit value upon pain and suffering does not require its reduction to present cash value since placing unit value is merely an attempt to evaluate a long period of pain and suffering in terms of its smaller time equivalents, and is not a reducible measurement. Goforth v. Wigley, 178 Ga. App. 558, 343 S.E.2d 788 (1986).

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 75A Am. Jur. 2d, Trial, § 497.

C.J.S.

- 88 C.J.S., Trial, § 276 et seq.

ALR.

- Reduction of allowance for future pain and suffering to present worth, 28 A.L.R. 1177.

Sufficiency of evidence, in personal injury action, to prove future pain and suffering and to warrant instructions to jury thereon, 18 A.L.R.3d 10.

Excessiveness or adequacy of damages awarded for personal injuries resulting in death of persons engaged in farming, ranching, or agricultural labor, 46 A.L.R.3d 733.

Recovery for emotional distress or its physical consequences caused by attempts to collect debt owed by third party, 46 A.L.R.3d 772.

Recovery for mental anguish or emotional distress, absent independent physical injury, consequent upon breach of contract or warranty in connection with construction of home or other building, 7 A.L.R.4th 1178.

Excessiveness or adequacy of damages awarded for personal injuries resulting in death of persons engaged in professional, white-collar, and nonmanual occupations, 50 A.L.R.4th 787.

Sufficiency of evidence to prove future medical expenses as result of injury to back, neck, or spine, 26 A.L.R.5th 401.