NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 106.19
PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES-JURY TO CONSIDER ONLY MATTERS IN EVIDENCE.
Members of the jury, if you reach this issue, I want to caution you
that you are not to mention, discuss or consider in any respect, any
matter that is not in evidence in this case or which does not arise as a
reasonable inference from the evidence in this case in arriving at the
amount of damages you award.1 This is most important because your
consideration of such matters would have to be based on speculation,
and might well be inaccurate, and could result in an injustice to one party
or the other. Also, for you to consider or speculate on any matter not in
evidence or not reasonably inferred from the evidence in arriving at the
amount of damages would be a violation of your oath as a juror which
binds you to follow the law as given to you by the Court in arriving at
your verdict. The appropriate measure of damages in this case has been
given to you by the Court as provided by law and you should consider this
measure only.
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 106.19 (April 2000). 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
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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