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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 8.01
Health Care Provider Malpractice - Plaintiff's Claims
The plaintiff claims that [he] [she] was harmed because of the negligence of the defendant and wants payment from the defendant for this harm. Specifically, plaintiff claims the defendant was negligent in performing the professional health care services of a [insert defendant’s profession] [because] [in one or more of the following ways:
1.
2.
. . . .].
The defendant denies [this] [these] claim[s].
For the plaintiff to recover, the plaintiff has the burden of proving that it is more likely true than not true that:
(1) the defendant was negligent [in one or more of these ways];
(2) the negligence was a legal cause of the plaintiff’s harm; and
(3) the plaintiff was actually harmed.
I will define negligence and legal cause for you in a moment.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 8.01, dated (Rev. 2002). Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
2dff86cbfdebafeca8e45c3e14d27ad9532c7314003242d50466bf2301d3e06d
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