Model Civil Jury Instructions
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​We are pleased to provide electronic copies of civil jury instructions adopted by the Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions. MCR 2.512. The Committee is composed of attorneys and judges whose duty is to ensure that the Model Civil Jury Instructions are concise, understandable, conversational, unslanted, and not argumentative. The Committee has authority to amend or repeal existing instructions and, when appropriate, adopt new instructions, although the instructions do not have the force and effect of a court rule.  The Committee is comprised of the following members:

 

​Alfred M. Butzbaugh (Chair)

Hon. Jane M. Beckering

Mark R. Bendure

Hon. Mark T. Boonstra

Patricia J. Boyle

W. Mack Faison

Donald J. Gasiorek

Gary P. Gordon

Elizabeth Phelps Hardy 

Helen K. Joyner

Daniel J. McCarthy

Hon. Elizabeth M Pezzetti
Hon. James R. Redford

Hon. Douglas B. Shapiro

Noreen L. Slank

Hon. Michael R. Smith

Paul C. Smith

Hon. Donald A. Teeple

Thomas Van Dusen

Hon. Michael D. Warren

Thomas W. Waun

 

​Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions

Michigan Hall of Justice

PO Box 30052

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: (517) 373-4641

MCJI@courts.mi.gov

 

Timothy J. Raubinger, Committee Reporter

 

To comment on existing instructions or instructions published for comment, or to suggest amendments or new instructions, please contact the committee reporter listed above.