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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 330
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is when a [medical doctor/physician] does not act with the same
attention, skill, ability, and caution of a minimally competent [medical doctor/physician] who
practices in the same medical specialty or general field of medicine in the United States. This is
also called medical negligence.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 330 (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
3f24945120cb89b45def0db2f988440239ba2849fdd7ec1a39e91ea898b498ea
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