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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3007
Agency - Conduct Which Goes Beyond the Scope of Agent’s Authority - Approved by the Principal
If an agent does something that goes beyond [his/her] scope of employment but then the
principal, knowing about the conduct, later approves such conduct, then the principal is legally
responsible for the agent’s conduct. The principal’s later approval of the conduct can be proved
by the principal’s actions or words which show [his/her] intention to approve the conduct.
If you find that [name of plaintiff] has proved that it is more likely true than not true that:
1. [Name of defendant or principal] knew that [name of agent] _____________________
[describe the agent’s unauthorized conduct]; and
2. [Name of defendant or principal] later approved [name of agent]’s conduct by
___________________________ [describe principal’s actions or words which show
intention to approve the conduct],
then [name of defendant or principal] is legally responsible for [name of agent]’s conduct.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3007 (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
071a4e0c03ec181baeaba0dce5cace10a6b7a2312560147f37c0989c0eda0397
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