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Jury Instructions

JURY INSTRUCTIONS

PLAINTIFF’S REQUESTED JURY INSTRUCTIONS: 

1. Explanation of Trial Procedure               MCPJI4th Ed 1:1

2.   Question of Law During Trial               MCPJI4th Ed 1:2

3.  Witness testimony                                  MCPJI4th Ed 1:3

4.   Expert Opinion Testimony                     MCPJI4th Ed 1:4

5.   Impartiality                                           MCPJI4th Ed 1:5

6.   Inference from Court                            MCPJI4th Ed 1:6

7.   Burden Of Proof                                   MCPJI4th Ed 1:7

8.   Case Submission on Issues                   MCPJI4th Ed 1:12

9.   Unanimous Verdict                               MCPJI4th Ed 1:13

10. Damages                                              MCPJI4th Ed 10:1

11. Compensatory Damages                       MCPJI4th Ed 10:2

12. Susceptible to Injury                             MCPJI4th Ed 10:3

13. Aggravation                                          MCPJI4th Ed 10:4

14. Collateral Source                                  MCPJI4th Ed 10:8

15. Pre-Impact Freight                               MCPJI4th Ed 10:10

16. Property Damages                                MCPJI4th Ed 10:21

17. Standard of Care (motor vehicle)          MCPJI4th Ed 18:1

18. Boulevard Rule                                    MCPJI4th Ed 18:2

19. Acts In Emergency                               MCPJI4th Ed 18:3

20. Violation of Statute                               MCPJI4th Ed 18:4 and 19:7

21. Negligence                                           MCPJI4th Ed 19:1

22. Foreseeable Circumstances                   MCPJI4th Ed 19:3

23. Causation Defined                                MCPJI4th Ed 19:10

24. Last Clear Chance                                MCPJI4th Ed 19:14

25. Transportation Article Section 21-901.1(b) Negligent Driving: You are instructed that a person is guilty of negligent driving if he drives a motor vehicle in a careless or imprudent manner that endangers any property or the life or person of any individual.

26. Transportation Article Section 21-801(b) Driver to Control Speed: You are instructed that it is the law of this State that at all times, the driver of a vehicle on a highway shall control the speed of the vehicle as necessary to avoid colliding with any person or any vehicle or other conveyance that, in compliance with legal requirements and the duty all persons to use due care, while on or entering the highway.

27. Transportation Article Section 21-707(c) the driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign at an intersection shall stop at the near side of an intersection and, if there is no crosswalk, at the nearest point before entering the intersection that gives the driver a view of traffic approaching on the intersecting roadway.

28. Eastern Contractors, Inc. v. State to Use of Seifert, 225 Md. 112, 169 A.2d 430 (1961), there is no duty to anticipate that a driver facing a stop sign or red light will not obey the statutory obligation to stop and yield the right of way.

29. Schwier v. Gray, 277 Md. 631, 357 A.2d 100 (1976); Thompson v. Terry, 245 Md. 480, 226 A.2d 540 (1967). A driver confronted with a stop sign has an absolute duty to stop and an absolute duty to yield the right-of-way to another driver favored and not confronted by a stop sign.