Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions

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The Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions were drafted by University of Virginia Professors Harvey S. Perlman and Stephen A. Saltzburg in 1981 under contract to the Alaska Court System. The instructions were reviewed and edited by a committee of lawyers and judges appointed by the Alaska Supreme Court. The Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee continues to meet monthly to review and revise the instructions. Please contact the Christine Johnson with questions or comments about these instructions:

Christine Johnson, Deputy Administrative Director
820 W. 4th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-264-8232
cjohnson@courts.state.ak.us

These instructions are the work of the Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee and have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association.

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Complete Civil Jury Instructions - With Use Notes and Comments - current through Novmeber 2008	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Complete Civil Jury Instructions - No Notes - current through November 2008	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Supplement 9 - January 2005	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Supplement 10 - March 2005 - Corrections to 4.06A (updated April 2005), 4.06B, 4.13A, and 4.13B	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Supplement 11 - April 2005 - Revision to 1.12, Article 1 TOC, Main TOC	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Supplement 12 - November 2005 - New Article 10, Article 10 TOC, Main TOC	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Supplement 13 - January 2006 - New Article 24.15, Article 24 TOC, Main TOC	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Supplement 14 - April 2006 - Revision to 20.06, Article 20 TOC, Main TOC	[ self-executing \| zip ]
Supplement 15 - November 2008 - Revision to Article 3, Article 20, Main TOC	[ self-executing \| zip ]

Table of Contents

Article 1 Instructions to Precede the Taking of Evidence (Revised 2005)
Article 1A Mid-Trial Instructions (Revised 1999)
Article 2 Closing Instructions (Revised 1999)
Article 3 Negligence - General Concepts (Revised 2008)
Article 4 Survival and Death Claims (Revised 2005)
Article 5 Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety (Revised 1986)
Article 6 Liability of Landowners or Occupiers
(Revised 1987)
Article 7 Products Liability (Revised 2005)
Article 8 Professional Malpractice (Revised 2005)
Article 9 Wrongful Discrimination (Added 2004)
Article 10 Consumer Protection Act (Added 2005)
Article 11 (Reserved)
Article 12 Assault or Battery (Revised 1986)
Article 13 Trespass & Nuisance (Revised 1996)
Article 14 (Reserved)
Article 15 False Imprisonment and False Arrest
(Revised 1987)

Article 16 Defamation (Revised 1989)
Article 17 Fraud and Negligent Misrepresentation
(Revised 1987)
Article 18 Intentional Interference With Chattels, Conversion, Replevin, and Trespass
(Revised 1989)
Article 19 Intentional Interference With Contracts (Revised 1989)
Article 20 Damages (Revised 2008)
Article 21 Bailments (Revised 1987)
Article 22 (Reserved)
Article 23 Legal Relationships (Revised 1987)
Article 24 Contracts (Revised 2006)
Article 25 (Reserved)
Article 26 Will Contests (Revised 1995)
Article 27 Eminent Domain (Revised 1995)
Article 28 (Reserved)
Article 29 (Reserved)
Article 30 Landlord-Tenant (Revised 1987)

Withdrawn Instructions (1999):
1.02 1.05 1.13 1.15A	Preliminary Instruction on the Juror's Role Introductory Description of the Dispute Admonition as to Juror Conduct (replaced by 1.02) Use of Pronouns (replaced by 1.15)

Withdrawn Instructions (1999):
2.08 2.13 2.21 2.26	Hearsay Evidence Admission by Silence Applying the Law to the Facts Verdict Forms

Withdrawn Instructions:
3.02B	Comparative Negligence - Young Child (Withdrawn 2008)
3.04C	Compliance With Statute (Withdrawn 2008)
3.05	Sudden Emergency (Withdrawn 1997)
3.08	Rescue Doctrine (Withdrawn 2008)
3.09A	Special Verdict Form (Withdrawn 2008)

Withdrawn Instructions:
20.02	Medical Expenses; Past and Future (Withdrawn 2005)
20.05A	Disfigurement of Severe Physical Impairment - Nature and Extent of Injury (Withdrawn 1990)
20.06	Pain and Suffering (Withdrawn 1990)
20.07B	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Disfigurement [Actions Accruing on or after June 11, 1986 and before August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07C	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Severe Physical Impairment [Actions Accruing on or after June 11, 1986 and before August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07D	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Disfigurement and Severe Physical Impairment [Actions Accruing on or after June 11, 1986 and before August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07E	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Does Not Claim Severe Permanent Physical Impairment or Severe Disfigurement, and There Are No Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Losses (Such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07F	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Severe Disfigurement, and there are no Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Losses (such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07G	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Severe Permanent Physical Impairment, and there are no Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Losses (such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07H	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Severe Permanent Physical Impairment and Severe Disfigurement, and there are no Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Losses (such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07I	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff does not Claim Severe Permanent Physical Impairment or Severe Disfigurement, and there are Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Losses Arising from the Same Injury (such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07J	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Severe Permanent Physical Impairment, and there are Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Loss Arising from the Same Injury (such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07K	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Severe Disfigurement, and there are Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Loss Arising from the Same Injury (such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.07L	Limitation on Non-Economic Damages where Plaintiff Claims Severe Permanent Physical Impairment and Severe Disfigurement, and there are Claims by Additional Plaintiffs for Non-Economic Loss Arising from the Same Injury (such as Claims for Loss of Consortium) [Actions Accruing on or after August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2005)
20.08	Injury to Minors (Withdrawn 1990)
20.13	Taking Severable Materials From Land (Withdrawn 1990) Taking Plants When Treble Damages are Claimed (Withdrawn 1990)
20.14	Present Value Table (1990)
20.20	Punitive Damages [Actions Accruing on or after June 11, 1986 and before August 7, 1997] (Withdrawn 2008)

Withdrawn Instructions (1989):
16.02	Withdrawn 1989