Category: Civil

Civil Jury Instructions – Past Medical Expenses, Abuse of Process – Comment Period Closes December 27, 2025

The following instructions and/or associated Committee Notes have been updated and published:

CV331 Past medical expenses.

CV1740 Elements of abuse of process.

CV1741 Use of legal process for intended purpose.

CV1742 Intent and knowledge of a company.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through December 27, 2025, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Past Medical Expenses – Comment Period Expires Oct. 24, 2025

The following new instruction has been published:

CV331 Past Medical Expenses.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through October 24, 2025, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Assault, Battery, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution – Comment Period Expires June 13, 2025

The following new instructions have been published:

CV1701 Assault.

CV1702 Harmful or Offensive Physical Contact Defined.

CV1710 Battery.

CV1720 False Imprisonment.

CV1730 Malicious Prosecution.

CV1731 Definition of Probable Cause in Malicious Prosecution Claim.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through June 13, 2025, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Standard of Care Defined; Survival claim – Comment Period Expires Oct. 25, 2024

The following instructions and/or associated Committee Notes have been updated and published:

CV301C “Standard of Care” Defined.

CV2015 Survival Claim.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through October 25, 2024, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

 

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Civil Jury Instructions – Use of Alternative Treatment Methods – Comment Period Expires June 28, 2024

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instruction has been removed:

CV324 Use of alternative treatment methods

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through June 28, 2024, the instruction has been removed. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instruction as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Elements of a Medical Negligence Claim; Standard of Care Defined – Comment Period Expires April 12, 2024

The References and/or Committee Notes to the following Model Utah Civil Jury Instructions have been updated and published:

CV301B Elements of a medical negligence claim.

CV301C “Standard of care” defined.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through April 12, 2024, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Easements by Prescription, Necessity, and Implication – Comment period expires March 15, 2024

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instructions addressing Easements by Prescription, Necessity, and Implication have been drafted and published.

CV920 – “Easement” Defined.

CV921 – Prescriptive Easement. Introduction.

CV922 – Prescriptive Easement. Elements of a claim.

CV923 – Prescriptive Easement. “Continuous” Defined.

CV924 – Prescriptive Easement. “Open and Notorious” Defined.

CV925 – Prescriptive Easement. “Adverse” Defined.

CV926A – Adverse Presumption.

CV926B – Overcoming Adverse Presumption.

CV930 – Easement by Necessity. Introduction.

CV931 – Easement by Necessity. Elements of a claim for access to landlocked property.

CV940 – Easement by Implication. Introduction.

CV941 – Easement by Implication. Elements.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Avoiding Bias; Minimum Injury Requirements – Comment period expires Sept. 7, 2023

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instruction addressing Minimum Injury Requirements has been updated and published.

CV632 – Minimum Injury Requirements

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instructions addressing techniques for Avoiding Bias and defining terms relating to Minimum Injury Requirements have been drafted and published.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through September 7, 2023, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.  To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee.  To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

 

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Civil Jury Instructions – Defamation; Pretrial Delay – Comment period expires January 15, 2023

The Committee Notes to the following Model Utah Civil Jury Instruction addressing Defamation have been updated and published.

CV1607 – Definition: Defamatory

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instruction addressing pretrial delay has been drafted and published.

CV135 – Pretrial Delay

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through January 15, 2023, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.  To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee.  To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

 

 

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Civil Jury Instructions – Defamation; Boundary by Acquiescence – Comment period expires Sept. 9, 2022

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instructions addressing Defamation have been updated and published.

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instructions addressing boundary by Acquiescence have been drafted and published.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through March 27, 2021, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.  To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee.  To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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