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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5014
Damages - Wrongful Death - Definition
Wrongful death is the claim that occurs when a person dies as a result of a wrongdoer’s
actions or inactions, and the deceased person would have been able to sue the wrongdoer for
damages. A wrongful death claim is brought by the deceased person’s personal representative.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5014 (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
528ff7faa25a186d7d41181eddee87225f44e8d5429fadd35ff8806cc46f7212
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