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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3609
Products Liability - Open and Obvious Defense
If you find that it is more likely true than not true:
1. That [name of plaintiff] knew or should have known about the __________ [specify the
products]’s danger; or
2. The __________ [specify the product]’s danger was open and obvious to [name of plaintiff] or
should have been open and obvious to [name of plaintiff] considering the common knowledge
that a reasonable user of the __________ [specify the product] would have,
then you shall find in favor of [name of defendant] on [his/her/its] defense.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3609 (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
bbabae221ce3ae5b1c18cad67a9986271827c95319dfb7ce6a82e3001e7662dd
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