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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 2600
Legal Malpractice - Standard of Care
An attorney owes [his/her] client the duty to act with the same knowledge, skill, and
ability of a reasonable attorney practicing law in this community. Legal malpractice is when the
attorney does not act with the same knowledge, skill, and ability of a reasonable attorney
practicing law in this community. This is also called legal negligence.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 2600 (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
f76e737f538ba2159879197f4e8b7dd065937abc0401120eda8b2ca634264948
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