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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5007
Damages - Negligence by One Defendant - Verdict Form
We answer the questions submitted to us as follows:
1.Was [name of defendant] negligent?
YES _______ NO _______
If your answer to question 1 is YES, then answer question 2. If you answered NO, stop
here and tell the bailiff.
2. Did [name of plaintiff] suffer damages as a result of [name of defendant]’s negligence?
YES _______ NO _______
If your answer to question 2 is YES, then answer question 3. If you answered NO, stop
here and tell the bailiff.
3. Was [name of defendant]’s negligence a substantial factor in causing [name of plaintiff]’s
damages?
YES _______ NO _______
If your answer to question 3 is YES, then answer question 4. If you answered NO, stop
here and tell the bailiff.
4. What are [name of plaintiff]’s total damages?
$__________ TOTAL
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5007 (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
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