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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 128.00
CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS--NO CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE--CONTRIBUTORY
NEGLIGENCE--AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
INTRODUCTION
As alluded to in the introduction to the premises instructions the following chapter
contains the alternative concluding paragraph(s) which would be appropriate for each case.
The alternatives are: a concluding paragraph that relates to no issues of contributory
negligence or other affirmative defenses, a concluding paragraph to be used when there is a
claim of contributory negligence, and a concluding paragraph that would incorporate the claim in
an affirmative defense. These alternatives are put together much as IPI 30.01 is assembled with
regard to damages. The trial attorneys and Court can then pick the appropriate alternatives based
upon which claims the jury must decide. A sample instruction (IPI 128.04) shows how the
various alternatives fit together.
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