Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

C HAPTER 40

A DMONITORY I NSTRUCTIONS

PJC 40.1

Instructions to Jury Panel before Voir Dire Examination. . . . . . . 3

PJC 40.2

Instructions to Jury after Jury Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PJC 40.3 Charge of the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PJC 40.3A Charge of the Court—Twelve-Member Jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PJC 40.3B Charge of the Court—Six-Member Jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PJC 40.4 Additional Instruction for Bifurcated Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 PJC 40.5 Instructions to Jury after Verdict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PJC 40.6 Instruction to Jury If Permitted to Separate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PJC 40.7 Instruction If Jury Disagrees about Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PJC 40.8 Circumstantial Evidence (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 PJC 40.9 Instructions to Deadlocked Jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PJC 40.10 Privilege—Generally No Inference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PJC 40.11 Fifth Amendment Privilege—Adverse Inference May Be Considered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 PJC 40.12 Parallel Theories on Damages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PJC 40.13 Instruction on Spoliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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