MS · jury_instructions
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3008
Agency - Departure from Scope of Employment for Personal Activity
If an agent stops carrying out the principal’s work and conducts personal business or an
errand, then the principal is not legally responsible for the agent’s negligence or harmful actions
while the agent is conducting [his/her] personal business or errand. The agent’s role as agent is
not in force during this time.
If you find that it is more likely true than not true that [name of agent] had stopped
carrying out [name of principal]’s [business/employment/work] in order to conduct personal
business or an errand when [name of agent] harmed or injured [name of plaintiff], then your
verdict shall be for [name of defendant].
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3008 (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
026797b4276478fcdab30e2b3bf3bdefbf253192f28ab7f78d286849a4be212d
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