STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS - CIVIL CASES
This website contains standard jury instructions prepared by the Florida Standard Jury Instructions Committee (Civil) and approved for publication by the Florida Supreme Court.
For information on how to use standard jury instructions, including when they are useful and when they are required, please refer to the How to Use this Book section in the Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases book and Florida Rules of Civil Procedure Form 1.985: Standard Jury Instructions.
The committee encourages trial judges and trial counsel to suggest revisions to the standard instructions by CONTACTING THE COMMITTEE.
Viewing the Instructions:
Links to the entire set of Standard Jury Instructions for Civil Cases are provided in Word and PDF formats.
In addition, links to each individual Standard Jury Instruction are provided in Rich Text Format. These documents are best viewed in a word processing application (Word or Word Perfect, etc.), not using a viewer.
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