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WPI 1.09 Use of General Verdict Forms for Single Plaintiff and Defendant

6 WAPRAC WPI 1.09Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil

6 Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 1.09 (7th ed.)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
April 2022 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part I. General Instructions
Chapter 1. Introductory and General
WPI 1.09 Use of General Verdict Forms for Single Plaintiff and Defendant
If you decide the case in favor of the plaintiff, then you will use Verdict Form A and fill in the amount. If you decide the case for the defendant, then you will use Verdict Form B.
NOTE ON USE
This instruction is to be used as an insert in WPI 1.08 (Concluding Instruction—For General Verdict Form). This gives directions to the jury for the use of verdict forms in a case with one plaintiff and one defendant in which there is no issue of contributory negligence.
Use verdict forms from WPI 45.01 (General Verdict Forms—Single Plaintiff and Defendant), WPI 45.01.01 (General Verdict Forms—Single Plaintiff and Multiple Defendants), WPI 45.01.02 (General Verdict Forms—Multiple Plaintiffs and Single Defendant), and WPI 45.20 (General Verdict Forms—Personal Injury/Wrongful Death—Single Defendant—No Contributory Negligence—No “Empty Chairs”—Separate Damage Elements). This instruction will need to be modified if it is used with WPI 45.01.01 (General Verdict Forms—Single Plaintiff and Multiple Defendants), which uses verdict forms A, B, and C.
[Current as of September 2018.]
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