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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3106
Animals – Livestock Roaming on Highways – Standard of Care
A person who owns livestock is legally responsible for any damages which result from
motor vehicle accidents, bodily injuries, or deaths caused by the livestock being found on a
federal or state designated paved highway or highway right-of-way. The owner is required to
prove that [he/she] was not negligent in allowing the livestock to be on the federal or state
designated paved highway or highway right-of-way.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3106 (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
f41e38a2072cecf815fb0ab4354ea4a2dafef9240c93e54c5f47d3f2c05e5179
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