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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3611

Products Liability - Misuse of the Product Defense

activein force · 2012-02-17 – presentas-observed

If you find that it is more likely true than not true:

1. That [name of plaintiff] _____________________ [describe plaintiff’s actions allegedly

misusing the product] the __________ [specify the product]; and

2. [Name of plaintiff]’s actions were a misuse or abnormal use of the _________ [specify the

product]; and

3. [Name of defendant] did not reasonably anticipate that [name of plaintiff] would misuse or

abnormally use the __________ [specify the product] in that way; and

4. [Name of plaintiff]’s misuse or abnormal use of the product was [a/the] substantial factor in

causing [name of plaintiff]’s damages,

then you shall find in favor of [name of defendant] on [his/her/its] defense.

History

Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3611 (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: fcff9e2752187435d807010c0aef5910572fe0dc98a94eefd760353954adb794

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