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WPI 45.01.02 General Verdict Forms—Multiple Plaintiffs and Single Defendant

6 WAPRAC WPI 45.01.02Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil

6 Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 45.01.02 (7th ed.)

Washington Practice Series TM

Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil

April 2022 Update

Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions

Part V. Multiple Parties and Pleadings—Forms of Verdicts

Chapter 45. Forms of Verdicts

A. Simple Verdict Forms

WPI 45.01.02 General Verdict Forms—Multiple Plaintiffs and Single Defendant

Verdict Form A

IN THE [SUPERIOR] [DISTRICT] COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR COUNTY


,
	Plaintiff,	No.

vs.		VERDICT
,		FORM A
	Defendant.

We, the jury, find for the plaintiff(name)in the sum of $ .

DATE:
	Presiding Juror

Verdict Form B

IN THE [SUPERIOR] [DISTRICT] COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR COUNTY


,
	Plaintiff,	No.

vs.		VERDICT
,		FORM B
	Defendant.

On the claim of the plaintiff(name), we, the jury, find for the defendant.

DATE:
	Presiding Juror

NOTE ON USE

These verdict forms apply generally to civil actions for damages.

Separate verdict forms should be used for each plaintiff in the action.

Use a separate Verdict Form A and B for each plaintiff in the case, with the plaintiff's name filled in before the verdict form is submitted to the jury. This allows the jury to award a recovery to a particular plaintiff or to return a defense verdict as to any plaintiff. The concluding instruction should be adapted from WPI 1.08 (Concluding Instruction—For General Verdict Form) giving specialized instruction stating the alternatives available to the jury.

For cases involving multiple plaintiffs and multiple defendants, use WPI 45.01.01 (General Verdict Forms—Single Plaintiff and Multiple Defendants) for each plaintiff.

If separate elements of damages are needed, see WPI 45.20 (General Verdict Forms—Personal Injury/Wrongful Death—Single Defendant—No Contributory Negligence—No “Empty Chairs”—Separate Damage Elements) and the corresponding Comment.

If there is an injury claim by a married person, and the spouse or the marital community is joined as a plaintiff, see the Comment to WPI 30.01.01 (Measure of Economic and Noneconomic Damages—Personal and Property—No Contributory Negligence). It may be necessary to revise the verdict form to set forth separately the items of damages claimed by each spouse and the marital community.

[Current as of September 2018.]

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