- Introductory Comment
1.01 GENERAL: NATURE OF CASE; BURDEN OF PROOF; DUTY OF JURY; CAUTIONARY
1.02 EVIDENCE; LIMITATIONS
1.03 BENCH CONFERENCES AND RECESSES
1.04 NO TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE [NOTE-TAKING]
1.04A QUESTIONS BY JURORS
1.05 CONDUCT OF THE JURY
1.06 OUTLINE OF TRIAL
2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE DURING TRIAL - Introductory Comment
2.01 DUTIES OF JURY: RECESSES
2.02 STIPULATED TESTIMONY
2.03 STIPULATED FACTS
2.04 JUDICIAL NOTICE
2.05 TRANSCRIPT OF TAPE-RECORDED CONVERSATION
2.06 PREVIOUS TRIAL
2.07 CROSS-EXAMINATION OF PARTY'S CHARACTER WITNESS
2.08A EVIDENCE ADMITTED AGAINST ONLY ONE PARTY
2.08B EVIDENCE ADMITTED FOR LIMITED PURPOSE
2.09 IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS, PRIOR CONVICTION
2.10 SUMMARIES OF RECORDS AS EVIDENCE - Commentary
2.11 WITHDRAWAL
3. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AT CLOSE OF TRIAL - Introductory Comment
3.01 EXPLANATORY
3.02 JUDGE'S OPINION
3.03 CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES
3.04 BURDEN OF PROOF
3.05 WITHDRAWAL (OF CLAIM)
3.06 ELECTION OF FOREPERSON; DUTY TO DELIBERATE; COMMUNICATIONS WITH COURT; CAUTIONARY; UNANIMOUS VERDICT; VERDICT FORM
3.07 "ALLEN" CHARGE TO BE GIVEN AFTER EXTENDED DELIBERATION
4. CIVIL RIGHTS - ELEMENT AND DAMAGE INSTRUCTIONS - Introductory Comment
4.10 EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE - ARREST OR OTHER SEIZURE OF PERSON - BEFORE CONFINEMENT - FOURTH AMENDMENT
4.20 EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE - PRETRIAL DETAINEES - FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS
4.30 EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE - CONVICTED PRISONERS - EIGHTH AMENDMENT
4.31 DENIAL OF MEDICAL CARE- CONVICTED PRISONERS* - 42 U.S.C. § 1983
4.32 FAILURE TO PROTECT FROM ATTACK- SPECIFIC ATTACK - CONVICTED PRISONERS - EIGHTH AMENDMENT
4.40 DEFINITION: COLOR OF STATE LAW - 42 U.S.C. § 1983
4.42 DEFINITION: PERVASIVE RISK OF HARM - CONVICTED PRISONERS - U.S.C. § 1983
4.43 DEFINITION: SERIOUS MEDICAL NEED- CONVICTED PRISONERS - 42 U.S.C. § 1983
4.44 DEFINITION: DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE- CONVICTED PRISONERS - 42 U.S.C. § 1983
4.45 DEFINITION: MALICIOUSLY
4.46 DEFINITION: SADISTICALLY
4.51 ACTUAL DAMAGES - PRISONER CIVIL RIGHTS
4.52 NOMINAL DAMAGES - PRISONER CIVIL RIGHTS
4.53 PUNITIVE DAMAGES - CIVIL RIGHTS
4.54 et seq. (Reserved for Future Use)
4.60 VERDICT FORM - ONE PLAINTIFF, TWO DEFENDANTS, ONE INJURY CASE
5. EMPLOYMENT CASES - ELEMENT AND DAMAGE INSTRUCTIONS- Overview
INTERROGATORIES REGARDING "PROTECTED SPEECH" BALANCING ISSUES
5.00 DISPARATE TREATMENT CASES UNDER TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991 Introductory Comment
5.01 TITLE VII - DISPARATE TREATMENT - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
5.01A TITLE VII - DISPARATE TREATMENT-"SAME DECISION" INSTRUCTION
5.02 TITLE VII - DISPARATE TREATMENT - ACTUAL DAMAGES
5.03 TITLE VII - DISPARATE TREATMENT - NOMINAL DAMAGES
5.04 TITLE VII - DISPARATE TREATMENT - PUNITIVE DAMAGES
5.05 TITLE VII - DISPARATE TREATMENT - VERDICT FORM
5.10 DISPARATE TREATMENT CASES UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN
EMPLOYMENT ACT ("ADEA")- Introductory Comment
5.11 ADEA - DISPARATE TREATMENT - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS (Mixed Motive Case)
5.12 ADEA - DISPARATE TREATMENT - ACTUAL DAMAGES
5.13 ADEA - DISPARATE TREATMENT - NOMINAL DAMAGES
5.14 ADEA - DISPARATE TREATMENT - WILLFULNESS
5.15 ADEA - DISPARATE TREATMENT - VERDICT FORM
5.20 RACE DISCRIMINATION CASES UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 1981- Introductory Comment
5.21 42 U.S.C. § 1981 - RACE DISCRIMINATION - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS (Mixed Motive Case)
5.22 42 U.S.C. § 1981 - RACE DISCRIMINATION - ACTUAL DAMAGES
5.23 42 U.S.C. § 1981 - RACE DISCRIMINATION - NOMINAL DAMAGES
5.24 42 U.S.C. § 1981 - RACE DISCRIMINATION - PUNITIVE DAMAGES
5.25 42 U.S.C. § 1981 - RACE DISCRIMINATION - VERDICT FORM
5.30 DISCRIMINATION BY PUBLIC EMPLOYERS UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - Introductory Comment
5.31 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS (Mixed Motive Case)
5.32 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - ACTUAL DAMAGES
5.33 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - NOMINAL DAMAGES
5.35 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - VERDICT FORM
5.40 SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES UNDER TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991 - Introductory Comment
5.41 SEXUAL HARASSMENT -- ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS -(By Supervisor With Tangible Employment Action)
5.42 SEXUAL HARASSMENT -- ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS(By Supervisor With No Tangible Employment Action)
5.42(A) AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE (For Use in Cases With No Tangible Employment Action)
5.43 SEXUAL HARASSMENT-- ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS(By Nonsupervisor With No Tangible Employment Action)
5.50 DISPARATE TREATMENT AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION CASES UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (“ADA”)(Employment Cases Only)Introduction
5.51A ADA - DISPARATE TREATMENT - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS (ACTUAL DISABILITY)
5.51B ADA-- DISPARATE TREATMENT - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS (PERCEIVED DISABILITY)
5.51A/B(1) ADA--DISPARATE TREATMENT “SAME DECISION” INSTRUCTION
5.51C ADA - REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION CASES (Specific Accommodation Identified)
5.52A DISABILITY
5.52B ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
5.52C SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS
5.53A "UNDUE HARDSHIP" -- STATUTORY DEFENSE
5.53B "DIRECT THREAT" -- STATUTORY DEFENSE
5.54 ACTUAL DAMAGES
5.55 NOMINAL DAMAGES
5.56 PUNITIVE DAMAGES
5.57 "GOOD FAITH" DEFENSE TO COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES
5.58 BUSINESS JUDGMENT INSTRUCTION
5.59 CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE INSTRUCTION
5.60 et seq. (Reserved for "Reasonable Accommodation" Cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101)
5.70 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - Introductory Comment
5.71 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
5.71A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - SPECIAL
5.72 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - ACTUAL DAMAGES
5.73 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - NOMINAL DAMAGES
5.74 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - PUNITIVE DAMAGES
5.75 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - VERDICT FORM
5.75A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION - SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES ON "BALANCING" ISSUES
5.80 CASES UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA) - Introduction
5.81A FMLA – Wrongful Termination – Essential Elements (employee with a serious health condition)
5.81B FMLA – Wrongful Termination – Essential Elements(employee needed to care for spouse, parent, son or daughter with a serious health condition
5.81C FMLA – Wrongful Termination – Essential Elements(employee leave for birth, adoption or foster care
5.81D FMLA – Failure to Reinstate – Essential Elements(employee with a serious health condition)
5.81E FMLA – Failure to Reinstate -- Essential Elements(employee needed to care for a spouse, son or daughter with a serious health condition
5.81F FMLA – Failure to Reinstate -- Essential Elements (employee leave for birth, adoption or foster care
5.82 FMLA – “Same Decision” Instruction
5.83A FMLA – Definition: “Needed to Care For”
5.83B FMLA – Definition: “Serious Health Condition”
5.83C FMLA — Definition: “Serious Health Condition”(alternate)
5.83D FMLA — Definition: “Health Care Provider”
5.83E FMLA — Definition: “Appropriate Notice” – Leave Foreseeable
5.83F FMLA — Definition: “Appropriate Notice” – Leave Unforeseeable
5.83G FMLA — Definition: “Equivalent Position”
5.84 FMLA – Exception to Job Restoration (key employee)
5.84A FMLA – Exception to Job Restoration (employee would not have been employed at time of reinstatement)
5.85 FMLA – Actual Damages
5.86 FMLA – Good Faith Defense to Liquidated Damages
5.90 MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONS AND SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES
5.91 DISPARATE TREATMENT CASES - PRETEXT/INDIRECT EVIDENCE INSTRUCTION - ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
5.92 SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES TO ELICIT FINDINGS IN BORDERLINE PRETEXT/MIXED-MOTIVE CASES
5.93 CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE INSTRUCTION
5.94 BUSINESS JUDGMENT INSTRUCTION - TITLE VII CASES
5.95 PRETEXT INSTRUCTION
5.96 DEFINITION OF MOTIVATING FACTOR
5.97 AFTER-ACQUIRED EVIDENCE
5.97A MODIFIED VERDICT FORM IN AFTER-ACQUIRED EVIDENCE CASES
6. FRAUD CASES - ELEMENT AND DAMAGE INSTRUCTIONS
6.01 FRAUD - ODOMETER
6.51 ODOMETER FRAUD - DAMAGES
7. FEDERAL EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY ACT Introduction
7.01 GENERAL F.E.L.A. NEGLIGENCE
7.02 DEFENSE THEORY INSTRUCTIONS - THREE OPTIONS
7.02A DEFENSE THEORY INSTRUCTIONS - FAILURE OF PROOF ON ANY ELEMENT OF PLAINTIFF'S CASE LISTED IN THE ELEMENTS INSTRUCTION
7.02B DEFENSE THEORY INSTRUCTIONS - FAILURE TO PROVE ANY FACT ESSENTIAL TO PLAINTIFF'S RIGHT TO RECOVER
7.02C DEFENSE THEORY INSTRUCTIONS - AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
7.03 F.E.L.A CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
7.04 F.E.L.A. BOILER INSPECTION ACT VIOLATION
7.05 F.E.L.A. SAFETY APPLIANCE ACT VIOLATION
7.06A F.E.L.A. DAMAGES - INJURY TO EMPLOYEE
7.06B F.E.L.A. DAMAGES - DEATH OF EMPLOYEE
7.06C F.E.L.A. DAMAGES - PRESENT VALUE OF FUTURE LOSS
7.06D F.E.L.A. DAMAGES - INCOME TAX EFFECTS OF AWARD
7.07 (Reserved for Future Use)
7.08 FORM OF VERDICT - CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE SUBMITTED
7.08A FORM OF VERDICT - CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE NOT SUBMITTED
7.09 DEFINITION OF TERM "NEGLIGENT" OR "NEGLIGENCE"
7.10 DEFINITION OF THE TERM "ORDINARY CARE"
7.11 DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS "NEGLIGENT" OR "NEGLIGENCE" AND "ORDINARY CARE" COMBINED
8. DEFINITIONS
8.01 AGENCY