3960. Comparative Fault of Plaintiff General Verdict

3960. Comparative Fault of Plaintiff--General Verdict Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 If you decide that [name of plaintiff]'s negligence combined with [name of defendant]'s [negligence/conduct/product] in causing [name of plaintiff]'s harm, then you must decide the percentage of responsibility for the harm that you attribute to each of them. First, decide the total amount of [name of plaintiff]'s damages. Then decide the percentage of responsibility that [name of plaintiff] and [name of defendant] have for the damages. Then reduce the total damages by the percentage of responsibility that you attribute to [name of plaintiff]. After you make these calculations, state the reduced damage award in your verdict. ________________________________________________________________________________ New September 2003; Revised December 2009