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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3104
Animals – Domestic Animal – With Known Dangerous Nature – Standard of Care
A person who owns or keeps a domestic animal with an unusually dangerous nature or
disposition is legally responsible for the harm that the dangerous domestic animal causes to
others, even if the owner takes reasonable steps to make sure that others are not harmed by the
domestic animal.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3104 (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
2946a385d44f4dbf7c76c90a9fb1bd3d7e1b8cb220c02ff2c9461a5515bcd100
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