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Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions
The instructions noted below reflect new or modified instructions after the 2007 edition of the manual was posted online on April 25, 2007.

The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 8/07: 5.5, 9.10, 12.2
The following instruction (Title and Comment only) was modified 12/07: 9.22
The following instruction was withdrawn 12/07: 9.23
The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 1/08: 12.7, 12.11
The following instruction (Title and Comment only) was modified 3/08: 9.24
The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 3/08: 12.7, 12.11
The following instructions were modified 5/08: 15.5, 15.6
The following instruction was modified 7/08: 5.5
The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 7/08: 15.5, 15.26
The following instructions were modified 3/09: 15.22, 15.23
The following instruction (Comment only) was modified 6/09: 15.16
The following instructions were withdrawn 6/09: 9.25, 11.1A - 11.1C
The following instruction was added 8/09: 11.1
The following instruction was modified 8/09: 9.25
The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 8/09: 6.6, 9.9, 9.12, 9.14, 9.21, 9.26, Introductory Comments to Chapters 11 and 12
The following instructions were modified 10/09: 1.12, 9.8
The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 10/09: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 9.16, 9.18
The following instructions were modified 11/2010: 15.0, 15.5, 15.6, 15.8-15.10, 15.12, 15.16, 15.17, 15.20
The following (Comment only) was added 11/2010: 9.27
The following (Comment only) were modified 11/2010: 9.24, 9.25, Introductory Comment to Chapter 11, 11.7A
The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 4/2011: 10.4A, 10.4A.1, 18.3
The following instructions (Comment only) were modified 1/2012: 6.4, 18.1, 18.3
The following instruction was modified 1/2012: 9.4



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Show details for INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
Show details for JURY INSTRUCTION NUMBERS CONVERSION TABLEJURY INSTRUCTION NUMBERS CONVERSION TABLE
Show details for 1. INSTRUCTIONS ON THE TRIAL PROCESS1. INSTRUCTIONS ON THE TRIAL PROCESS
Show details for 2. INSTRUCTIONS ON TYPES OF EVIDENCE2. INSTRUCTIONS ON TYPES OF EVIDENCE
Show details for 3. INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING DELIBERATIONS3. INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING DELIBERATIONS
Show details for 4. VICARIOUS LIABILITY; INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS4. VICARIOUS LIABILITY; INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
Show details for 5. DAMAGES5. DAMAGES
Show details for 6. FEDERAL EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY ACT6. FEDERAL EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY ACT
Show details for 7. JONES ACT AND OTHER ADMIRALTY CLAIMS7. JONES ACT AND OTHER ADMIRALTY CLAIMS
Show details for 8. TAX REFUND ACTIONS8. TAX REFUND ACTIONS
Show details for 9. CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIONS—42 U.S.C. § 19839. CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIONS—42 U.S.C. § 1983
Show details for 10. CIVIL RIGHTS—TITLE VII—EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; HARASSMENT; RETALIATION10. CIVIL RIGHTS—TITLE VII—EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; HARASSMENT; RETALIATION
Show details for 11. AGE DISCRIMINATION11. AGE DISCRIMINATION
Show details for 12. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT12. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Show details for 13. LABOR (INCLUDING FAIR REPRESENTATION)13. LABOR (INCLUDING FAIR REPRESENTATION)
Show details for 14. ANTITRUST (15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.)14. ANTITRUST (15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.)
Show details for 15. TRADEMARK15. TRADEMARK
Show details for 16. PATENTS16. PATENTS
Show details for 17. COPYRIGHT17. COPYRIGHT
Show details for 18. SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT18. SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
Show details for 19. CIVIL RICO19. CIVIL RICO

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