Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Proposed changes - jury instructions

The Committee is considering modifications to the Model Civil Jury Instructions as follows. All proposals solicit comments by May 31, 2011. All links are to PDF files.

Product liability - Implied Warranty (two instructions - 25.21 and .22)

Medical Malpractice - the proposal is to delete 30.20, loss of a chance, in its entirety

Auto cases - 36.11, serious impairment - amendments to conform to McCormick

Trust contests - a new Chapter 179