WPI 1.07 Corporations and Similar Parties
6 WAPRAC WPI 1.07Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
6 Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 1.07 (7th ed.)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
April 2022 Update
Part I. General Instructions
Chapter 1. Introductory and General
WPI 1.07 Corporations and Similar Parties
The law treats all parties equally whether they are [corporations] [business entities] [government entities] [partnerships] or individuals. This means that [corporations] [business entities] [government entities] [partnerships] and individuals are to be treated in the same fair and unprejudiced manner.
NOTE ON USE
This instruction should be given only in those cases involving parties with different legal characteristics. Select the appropriate bracketed term or terms.
COMMENT
A similar instruction was approved in Shanks v. Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co., 98 Wash. 509, 167 P. 1074 (1917).
This instruction has been revised for this edition to add the alternative of “business entities” for use as a generic term for other business organizations.
[Current as of September 2018.]
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