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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 131
Deliberations in a Bifurcated Trial - Damages Issue
You have already returned your verdict finding the defendant legally responsible for the
plaintiff’s damages. You will now go back to the jury room and decide the issue of damages to
be awarded to the plaintiff.
The same foreperson may preside over your discussions or you may choose a new
foreperson.
As soon as __________ [specify (1) nine or more or (2) five or more] of you agree on a
verdict on the issue of damages to be awarded to the plaintiff, 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 131 (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
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