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N.C.P.I.—Civil 813.37
TRADE REGULATION-VIOLATION - ISSUE OF REPRESENTATION OF BEING SPECIALLY SELECTED.
The (state number) issue reads:
"Did the defendant unlawfully represent to the plaintiff that he had
been specially selected?"
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, three
things:
First, that the defendant represented to the plaintiff that he had
been specially selected. A "representation" is any statement that would
lead a reasonable person to believe he has been specially selected
(including, but not limited to, such phrases as "carefully selected" and
"you have been chosen").
Second, that the defendant made this representation in connection
with the [sale] [lease] [solicitation for sale] [solicitation for lease] of a
[good] [property] [service].
Third, that the selection process used
[was not designed to reach a particular type or particular types of
person, firm or corporation]
[did not use a source other than [telephone directories] [city
directories] [tax listings] [voter registration records] [purchased mailing
lists] [(other similar common source of names)]
[selected more than ten percent of those considered].
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 unlawfully represented to the plaintiff that he had been
specially selected, 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 813.37 (May 1995). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-34. 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.
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