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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 130
Deliberations in a Bifurcated Trial - Liability Issue
You will now go to the jury room to decide only the issue of whether the
[defendant/defendants] [is/are] legally responsible for the plaintiff’s damages. You are not to
discuss the issue of damages at this time.
As soon as __________ [specify (1) nine or more or (2) five or more] of you agree on a
verdict on the issue of the defendant’s legal responsibility, if any, you should write your verdict
on a sheet of paper. Then you should tell the bailiff that you have reached a verdict.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 130 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
50dbbdf75138370e345d6069b111ddd3991a08b35b5e3850c61803e52d955d12
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