Pattern Jury Instruction Commission June 11, 1999 Meeting Agenda

Pattern Jury Instruction Commission

Agenda
June 11, 1999 Meeting
Bismarck

1. Call to Order

2. Membership

3. Approval of March Minutes

4. Financial Report.

5. Interim Activities

a. Distribution of minutes and handouts
b. Supreme Court website
c. Professor Ahlen--mock juries
d. Formatting
e. MN revisions

6. Approval of Instructions Completed in October and March

a. Civil
Sympathy, Prejudice, Emotion
Severe Emotional Distress
Note Taking by Jurors
Instruction References
Assault
Battery
Responsibility for Joint Conduct (Deleted)

b. Criminal
Sympathy, Prejudice, Emotion
Gross Sexual Imposition
Solicitation
Sexual Assault
(Impaired Power to Resist) (Offensive Contact)(Mental Disease or Defect)
(Persons in Custody or Institutionalized), (Minor Victim 15 Years of Age or Older)
Terrorizing
Causation
Chemical Test
Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer
Driving Under Suspension or Revocation

7. Discussion

a. Contracts
Actual Fraud
Unintentional Misrepresentation - Contract)
Constructive Fraud
b. Fault
Definition of Fault
Accident-Causing "Fault" and Injury-Causing "Fault"
Forseeability
No Inference of Fault from an Incident or Injury
Burden of Proof
Special Verdict Form
Alternative Findings
Contributory Negligence
c. Elements of Damages (Personal Injury)
d. Insurance - Bad Faith

8. Assignments for October