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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5026

Damages - Personal Property - Before and After Rule

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

In determining the amount to award the plaintiff for damage to [his/her/its] personal

property, you should consider the difference in the fair market value of the personal property

immediately before it was damaged and immediately after it was damaged. You should award the

plaintiff the difference between the before and after fair market value.

History

Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5026 (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
347825df9d9ffdf62a4e6ef692f939858a43ff5d6878ed7d086d079521e9ca7c
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