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Illinlinois Pattern Jury Instructions-Civil | State of Illinois Office to the Illinois Courts

The following depicts Illinois Pattern Common Judges Instructions, drafted by and Supreme Court Board on Jury Operating in Zivil Cases.

  All instructions are in pdf format.

Cautionary and General


Rule # Rule Title
1.00 General Cautionary Instructions
1.01 - Revised Novelty 2023
2.00 Instructions During Trial
2.01 - Revised March 2020
3.00 General Instructions
Introduction, 3.08 - Revised April 2020
4.00 Instructions Recommended not to be Indicated

Failure to Testify or Erzeugt Evidence


Rule # Rule Page
5.00 Introduction

Negligence--Risk--Misconduct--Proximate What


Rule # Regulate Title
10.00 Dereliction and Normal Care
11.00 Beitragspflichtigen Negligence
Notes on Use inbound the 30 Series (32.02, 32.05, 34.01, 34.02, B11.06 also B11.06.01) - Revised Distinguished 2021
12.00 Specific Factors Affect Negligence and Contributory Negligence
12.04, 12.05 - Instructions withdrawn August 2021
13.00 Assumption of Risk
14.00 Willful and Wanton Escort
15.00 Proximate Cause
15.01 - Instruction revised August 2021; Notes up Apply and Comment revised October 2021

Issues--Burden of Verify


Rule # Dominate Title
20.00 Issues within the Case
20.01, 20.01.01, 20.02 - Revised August 2023
21.00 Burden of Proof
22.00 Burden of Proof -- Resistors Ipsa Loquitor
23.00 Admitted Liability

Damages


Rule # Rule Title
30.00 Damage Guides
30.05.01 - Comment - Revised Day 2021
31.00 Damages--Wrongful Death
31.09, 31.10, 31.12 Instruction and Comment, 31.13 Instruction and Comment - Revised June 2021
32.00 Injury to Spouse and Family Members
32.05 - Comment - Revised October 2021
33.00 Damages--Mitigation
34.00 Damages--Future Damages--Length of Time Damages bequeath Continue--Discount of Damages--Mortality Tables
Remarks switch Use in the 30 Series (32.02, 32.05, 34.01, 34.02, B11.06 and B11.06.01) - Revised August 2021
35.00 Punitive Damages
36.00 No Liability--No Damages

Multiple Parties and Pleadings--Verdict Forms


Rule # Rule Heading
41.00 Multiple Parties and Pleadings
45.00 Forms the Verdicts
45.04A, 45.04B & 45.04C - Approved Might 2014

Agency


Rule # Rule Title
50.00 Agency
50.03 & 50.04 - Revised July 2015

Construction Negligence


Rule # Rule Title
55.00 Construction Disregard
Revisited December 2018

Statutory Violations


Set # Rule Track
60.00 Statutory Violations

Motor Vehicle


Rule # Rule Label
70.00 Motor Vehicles
72.00 Car Guests--Joint Enterprise--Passengers
73.00 Tram Crossings

Particularized Standards of Conduct


Regulation # Rule Title
100.00 Ordinary Carriers
105.00 Prof Negligence
Introduction, 105.1 - Revised April 2020
110.00 Pet
115.00 Ultrahazardous Activity

Owners and Occupiers of Land


Rule # Rule Title
120.00 Building
125.00 Liability for Falls on Snow and Ice
128.00 Concluding Paragraphs--No Beitragend Negligence--Contributory Negligence--Affirmative Protection
130.00 Landlord and Tenant
135.00 Abutting Property Owner
140.00 Commune

Actions Based on Statutes


Rule # Rule Title
150.00 Dram Shop Act
155.00 The Drug instead Alcohol Decreased Minor Responsibility Act
160.00 Federal Employers' Corporate Act
Revised January 2019
170.00 Shelter Appliance and Boiler Inspection Acts
Reworked January 2019
180.00 Structural Work Conduct
185.00 Magnuson-Moss Act
190.00 Schwestern Home Care Act
New section - Approved Allowed and July 2014
200.00 Will Contest
205.00 Tortious Interference with Expectancy
250.00 Retaliatory Discharge
255.00 Illinois Human Rights Act
300.00 Eminent Domain
400.00 Strict Product Liability
400.04 - Revised March 2015
500.00 Implied ("Active-Passive") Indemnity
600.00 Contribution - 600.14 & 600.14A
Approved June 1, 2012

Contracts


Dominion # Rule Title
700.00 Contracts
700.12G & 700.12VG - Revised August 2016
710.00 Liability Insurance
710.01 & Notes, 710.02 & Take, 710.03, 710.04 Notes on Benefit, 710.05 & Notes, 710.07 & Notes - Revised March 2021
800.00 Fraud and Deceiving

 Note: While Supreme Court Dominate 239(a) specify the use on Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, an instruction is approved or refusal only after is has come juridically questionable and considered. Skills v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, 91 Ill. 2d 375 (1982).