§ 24-14-44 [Mortality Tables Admissible for Life Expectancy]

If you are involved in a civil court case where someone's remaining lifespan matters, the court can use a specific set of statistical charts called the American Experience Mortality Tables. These tables use data to estimate how long a person of a given age is likely to live.

This comes up most often in personal injury or wrongful death cases, where the amount of money awarded may depend on how many years a person was expected to live. The tables give the court a standard way to make that estimate rather than just guessing.