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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1803
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress - Reckless Disregard - Definition
Conduct is reckless when a person knows that a risk of emotional distress would probably
result from [his/her] conduct and then disregards that risk and the harm that may occur as a
result.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1803 (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
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