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Specific Civil Jury Instructions
The following jury instructions are “specific” to certain types of civil cases. This table can be searched Topic, and contains all of the cases where this “specific” instruction was given over the last five years (or longer if no charge was given in the last five years).
| Statute | Description | Jury Charges |
|---|---|---|
| Affirmative Defenses | Jury Charges | |
| Aggravation of Pre-Existing Condition | Jury Charges | |
| All Persons Equal Before the Law | Jury Charges | |
| All Persons Equal Before the Law -- Corporations | Jury Charges | |
| Arrest for Obstruction | Jury Charges | |
| Assault - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Assault and Battery - Defense | Jury Charges | |
| Battery - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Bias and Prejudice | Jury Charges | |
| Burden of Proof - Preponderence of Evidence - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Burden of Proof - Shifting Burdens of Proof | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Bystander Liability Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Civil Rights Claim | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Damages - Compensatory | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Deliberate Indifference Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Excessive Force - Generally | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Proximate Cause and Damages | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Resisting Arrest - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Right to be free from arrest without probable cause | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Right to be free from unreasonable seizure | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Seizure - Emergency Admission to Medical Facility | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Seizure Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Seizure for Safety Reasons | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Under Color of Law Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Unreasonable Search | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Unreasonable Search - Excessive Force | Jury Charges | |
| Civil Rights - Unreasonable Seizure - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Claims - Multiple | Jury Charges | |
| Claims - Separate | Jury Charges | |
| Claims - Specific | Jury Charges | |
| Communications--Generally | Jury Charges | |
| Concealment | Jury Charges | |
| Concealment or Fraud Provision of Policy | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Acceptance | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Breach | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Consideration | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Contract Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Customary Practice | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Damages | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Determination of Terms | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Express Modification | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Generally | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Good faith and fair dealing | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Implied Modification - Implied-in-Law (Quasi Contract) | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Implied Modification/Implied-in-Fact | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Interpretation | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Materiality of the Breach | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Modification - Adequate Consideration | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Modification - Burden of Proof | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Modifications Determined by Objective Manifestations, Not Unexpressed Subjective Intent | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Mutuality of Agreement | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Mutuality of Obligation | Jury Charges | |
| Contracts - Offer | Jury Charges | |
| Corporations | Jury Charges | |
| Corporations - Business Decisions | Jury Charges | |
| Damages | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Breach of Noncompete Provision | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Breach of Nondisclosure Provision | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Calculation | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Collateral Source | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Compensatory - Mental Suffering | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Compensatory - Personal Injury - Pain & Suffering | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Compensatory - Rule Against Double Recovery | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Consider Damages Only If Liability is Proven | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Date Begin | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Economic - Backpay | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Emotional Distress/Mental Anguish | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Loss of consortium | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Loss of earnings/earning capacity | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Loss of Society/Companionship | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Lost Chance of Survival | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Lost Earnings/Wages - Admiralty/Maritime Negligence | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Marine Casualty | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Medical Expenses | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Mitigation | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - No speculation | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Nominal | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Not Punitive | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Party's Failure to Produce Evidence | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Party's Failure to Produce Evidence - Legal Obligation to Keep and Retain Records of Accounts | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Precision Not Required | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Preexisting Injury | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Prejudgment Interest | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Punitive | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Requirement of Causation - Apportionment | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Wrongful Death - Medical and Funeral Expenses | Jury Charges | |
| Damages - Wrongful Death - Pain and Suffering | Jury Charges | |
| Damages--Uncertainty Caused By Defendant | Jury Charges | |
| Defamation - Damages | Jury Charges | |
| Defamation - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Defamation - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Defamation - Must be a Statement of Fact | Jury Charges | |
| Defamation - Privilege Defense | Jury Charges | |
| Defamation - Publication | Jury Charges | |
| Defamation - Truth as Defense | Jury Charges | |
| Defendants - Individual Liability | Jury Charges | |
| Defendents - Consider separately | Jury Charges | |
| Description of Discovery Methods | Jury Charges | |
| Disparate Treatment | Jury Charges | |
| Disparate Treatment - Introduction | Jury Charges | |
| Duty of Care - Premises Liability | Jury Charges | |
| Employment - Adverse Employment Action | Jury Charges | |
| Employment - At-will employment | Jury Charges | |
| Employment - Constructive Action as Adverse Employment Action | Jury Charges | |
| Employment - Discrimination - Pretext | Jury Charges | |
| Employment - Subjectivity in Performance Evaluations | Jury Charges | |
| Employment - Willful Violation of the ADEA | Jury Charges | |
| Employment Discrimination - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Employment Discrimination - Introduction | Jury Charges | |
| Employment Discrimination - Legitimate, Nondiscriminatory Reasons Other Than Age | Jury Charges | |
| Employment Discrimination - Shifting Burdens of Proof | Jury Charges | |
| Events Preceding Trial | Jury Charges | |
| Evidence - Methods of Assessing | Jury Charges | |
| Evidence - Post-Incident | Jury Charges | |
| Existence of Municipal Policy or Custom | Jury Charges | |
| False Arrest - Damages - Compensatory | Jury Charges | |
| False Arrest - Damages - Punitive | Jury Charges | |
| False Arrest - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| False Swearing | Jury Charges | |
| Final Policy Maker- Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Causation | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Contributory Negligence Not a Defense | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Damages - Benefit of the Bargain | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Damages - Bonus Compensation Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Election of Remedies | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Knowledge of Agent Imputable to Principal | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Material Fact - Nondisclosure | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Material Fact Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Misrepresentation Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Misrepresentation of Intention or Promise | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Plaintiff Has No Duty to Investigate | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Reasonable Reliance - Nondisclosures | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Reasonable Reliance Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Respondeat Superior Liability | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Silence or Nondisclosure as Misrepresentation | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Silence or Nondisclosure as Misrepresentation, Incomplete Disclosures, Half-Truths | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Silence or Nondisclosure as Misrepresentation, Subsequently Acquired Information | Jury Charges | |
| Fraud - Standard of Proof | Jury Charges | |
| Intentional - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Jury - Interrogatories | Jury Charges | |
| Jury - Permissible Inference from Party's Failure to Provide Discovery | Jury Charges | |
| Knowingly - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Learned Intermediary Rule | Jury Charges | |
| Malicious Prosecution | Jury Charges | |
| Malicious Prosecution - Damages - Punitive | Jury Charges | |
| Material - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Medical Malpractice | Jury Charges | |
| Misrepresentation | Jury Charges | |
| Municipalities | Jury Charges | |
| Nature of the Plaintiff’s Claims | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Automobile owner liable for negligent acts of driver | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Breach / Deviation from Duty | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Comparative Negligence | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Driver of automobile has not duty to anticipate negligence of other drivers | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Duty & Standard of Care | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Duty of Care - Duty to Exercise Professional Skill | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Duty of Care - Medical Provider | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Duty of Driver of Automobile In - tending to Cross Intersection | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Duty to Warn - Maritime Case | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Eggshell skull doctrine | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Failure to Obtain Informed Consent | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Foreseeability | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Hit and Run Vehicle | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Insurance Policy - Uninsured Motorist | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Manufacturer Not Required to Make Accident-Proof Product | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Mere Happening of an Accident | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Ordinary Care - Definition | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Reasonable and Prudent Speed | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Respondeat Superior | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Respondeat Superior - Employer Liability | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Standard of Care - Medical Service Provider | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Uninsured Motorist Coverage | Jury Charges | |
| Negligence - Violation of Motor Vehicle Laws as Evidence of Negligence | Jury Charges | |
| Negligent Design and/or Negligent Failure to Warn | Jury Charges | |
| Nondisclosure of Known Material Risks and Alternatives | Jury Charges | |
| Notice of Dangerous or Unsafe Condition On Premises | Jury Charges | |
| Objections by Counsel | Jury Charges | |
| Occurrence of Undisclosed Risk | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Anticipation | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Direct Infringement - Doctrine of Equivalents | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Direct Infringement - Generally | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Direct Infringement - Literal Infringement | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Direct Infringement - Means-Plus-Function Claims | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Invalidity Generally | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Licensee Unique ID | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Local & Remote Licensee Unique ID Generating Means | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Mode Switching Means, Has Matched & Algorithm | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Obviousness | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Obviousness: Additional Considerations of Non-Obviousness | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Obviousness: Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Obviousness: Scope & Content of Prior Art | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Registration System | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Use Mode | Jury Charges | |
| Patent Infringement - Willful Infringement | Jury Charges | |
| Patents | Jury Charges | |
| Probable Cause for Arrest | Jury Charges | |
| Procedural Instructions | Jury Charges | |
| Product Liability - Design Defect | Jury Charges | |
| Product Liability - Failure to Warn | Jury Charges | |
| Protected Action | Jury Charges | |
| Proximate Cause | Jury Charges | |
| Proximate Cause – Preexisting Conditions | Jury Charges | |
| Reasonable Royalty | Jury Charges | |
| Reasonable Royalty - Definition | Jury Charges | |
| Reasonable Royalty - Relevant Factors | Jury Charges | |
| Reasonable Royalty - Timing | Jury Charges | |
| Retaliation Claim | Jury Charges | |
| Rhode Island Wiretap Statute -- Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Rules of the Road | Jury Charges | |
| Single Incident | Jury Charges | |
| Special Relationships - Duty to Act for the Protection of Others | Jury Charges | |
| Speculation | Jury Charges | |
| Stipulations | Jury Charges | |
| Substantial Nexus | Jury Charges | |
| Superintendant - Principal Liability | Jury Charges | |
| Tortious Interference - Defenses - Justification | Jury Charges | |
| Tortious Interference - Intentional and Improper Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Tortious Interference with Business Relationships - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Tortious Interference with Contracts - Causation | Jury Charges | |
| Tortious Interference with Contracts - Damages | Jury Charges | |
| Tortious Interference with Contracts - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Trade Secret - Damages | Jury Charges | |
| Trade Secret - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Trade Secret - Misappropriation | Jury Charges | |
| Trade Secret - Misappropriation - Willful and Malicious | Jury Charges | |
| Trade Secrets - Reasonable Steps to Preserve Secrecy | Jury Charges | |
| Unfair Competition - Damages | Jury Charges | |
| Unfair Competition - Elements | Jury Charges | |
| Unreasonably Dangerous - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Violation of Administrative Rules & Regulations | Jury Charges | |
| Whistleblowers Protection Act | Jury Charges | |
| Whistleblowers Protection Act - Rhode Island | Jury Charges | |
| Willful Infringement | Jury Charges | |
| Willful Violation - Defined | Jury Charges | |
| Witness - Opinion Evidence – Expert Witnesses | Jury Charges | |
| Witnesses - Testimony of Police Officers | Jury Charges |