I have an asignment involving a dog bite case, landlord liability. My assignment is to prepare jury instructions and that's all the assignment says, how is that supposed to look? I don't understand. I understand I have to list and cite each but I can do that by copy and paste from the site Im on but what am I supposed to write after I have cited say, negligence ccp section 100 et seq then what?

You explain WHAT the negligence was and WHAT section of law that specific negligence violated, with a brief quote from the section.

For example, the dog was running loose in violation of Section XYZ of the local dog ordnance, which states, "Dogs should not run loose."

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Originally Posted by tedc1201

I have an asignment involving a dog bite case, landlord liability. My assignment is to prepare jury instructions and that's all the assignment says, how is that supposed to look? I don't understand. I understand I have to list and cite each but I can do that by copy and paste from the site Im on but what am I supposed to write after I have cited say, negligence ccp section 100 et seq then what?

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Many jurisdictions have pattern instructions available online. Look at the site for your local court. Instructions are what the judge tells the jury about the applicaible law, in easy-to-understand language.