NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Civil 640.12
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP - BREACH OF AGREEMENT FOR DEFINITE TERM.
This issue reads:
"Did the defendant breach the employment agreement by
terminating the plaintiff before the expiration of the definite period of
time agreed upon?"
You are to answer this issue only if you answer the (state number)
issue in favor of plaintiff.
On this issue the burden of proof is on the plaintiff. This means
that the plaintiff must prove, by the greater weight of the evidence, that
the defendant breached the employment agreement by terminating the
plaintiff before the expiration of the definite period of time agreed upon.1
Finally, as to this issue on which the plaintiff has the burden of
proof, if you find by the greater weight of the evidence that the
defendant breached the employment agreement by terminating the
plaintiff before the expiration of the definite period of time agreed upon,
then it would be your duty to answer this issue "Yes" in favor of the
plaintiff.
If, on the other hand, you fail to so find, then it would be your duty
to answer this issue "No" in favor of the defendant.
History
N.C.P.I.—Civil 640.12 (May 1991). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
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- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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