{"id":28,"date":"2016-06-27T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/?p=28"},"modified":"2018-02-13T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T13:45:25","slug":"civil-jury-instructions-defamation-2016-06-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/2016\/06\/27\/civil-jury-instructions-defamation-2016-06-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Jury Instructions: Defamation (2016-08-11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following proposed model Utah civil jury instructions address defamation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

CV1601<\/b> – Introductory Notes to Practitioners (not to be read to the jury).<\/a>
\nCV1602<\/b> – Elements of a Defamation Claim.<\/a>
\nCV1603<\/b> – Definition: Publication.<\/a>
\nCV1604A<\/b> – Definition: About the Plaintiff \u2013 Public Figure or Public Official Plaintiff \u2013 Connection to Plaintiff is Reasonable.<\/a>
\nCV1604B<\/b> – Definition: About the Plaintiff \u2013 Private Plaintiff \u2013 Matter of Public Concern \u2013 Connection to Plaintiff is Reasonable.<\/a>
\nCV1604C<\/b> – Definition: About the Plaintiff \u2013 Private Plaintiff \u2013 No Matter of Public Concern \u2013 Connection to Plaintiff is Reasonable \u2013 Negligence.<\/a>
\nCV1604D<\/b> – Definition: About the Plaintiff \u2013 Private Plaintiff \u2013 No Matter of Public Concern \u2013 Connection to Plaintiff is Reasonable \u2013 Strict Liability. <\/a>
\nCV1604E<\/b> – Definition: About the Plaintiff \u2013 Connection to Plaintiff is Unreasonable.<\/a>
\nCV1605<\/b> – Definition: False Statement.<\/a>
\nCV1606<\/b> – Definition: Opinion.<\/a>
\nCV1607<\/b> – Definition: Defamatory.<\/a>
\nCV1608<\/b> – Conditional Privilege.<\/a>
\nCV1609<\/b> – Non-actionable Statements.<\/a>
\nCV1610<\/b> – Definition: Requisite Degree of Fault \u2013 Private Figure \u2013 Matter of Public Concern.<\/a>
\nCV1611<\/b> – Definition: Requisite Degree of Fault \u2013Public Official or Public Figure. <\/a>
\nCV1612<\/b> – Group Defamation Rule. <\/a>
\nCV1613<\/b> – Causation. <\/a>
\nCV1614<\/b> – Presumed Damages.<\/a>
\nCV1615<\/b> – Damages \u2013 Economic Damages. <\/a>
\nCV1616<\/b> – Damages \u2013 Noneconomic Damages. <\/a>
\nCV1617<\/b> – Damages \u2013 Punitive Damages \u2013 Public Figure\/Official and\/or Issue of Public Concern.<\/a>
\nCV1618<\/b> – Damages \u2013 Effect of Retraction. <\/a>
\nCV1619<\/b> – Affirmative Defense \u2013 Consent.<\/a>
\nCV1620<\/b> – Affirmative Defense \u2013 Statute of Limitations.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to view a pdf version of proposed Model Utah Civil Jury Instructions 1601-1620.<\/a><\/p>\n

Please reference the instruction number(s) in your comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following proposed model Utah civil jury instructions address defamation: CV1601 – Introductory Notes to Practitioners (not to be read to the jury). CV1602 – Elements of a Defamation Claim. CV1603 – Definition: Publication. CV1604A – Definition: About the Plaintiff \u2013 Public Figure or Public Official Plaintiff \u2013 Connection to Plaintiff is Reasonable. CV1604B – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil","category-defamation"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 14:28:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}