PJC General Negligence 2024

Contents

PJC 5.6

Defense to Respondeat Superior Liability under Statutory Dramshop Act or Common Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

C HAPTER 6

I NTENTIONAL P ERSONAL T ORTS

PJC 6.1

False Imprisonment—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

PJC 6.2

False Imprisonment—Instruction on Unlawful Detention by Threat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 False Imprisonment—Instruction on Defense of Privilege to Investigate Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

PJC 6.3

PJC 6.4

Malicious Prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

PJC 6.5

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

PJC 6.6

Assault and Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

C HAPTER 7

T HEFT L IABILITY

PJC 7.1

Owner of Property at Issue—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

PJC 7.2

Theft of Property—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

PJC 7.3

Theft of Service—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

PJC 7.4

Conversion of Property—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

PJC 7.5

Theft Damages—Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

PJC 7.6

Sample Instructions—Actual Damages for Theft. . . . . . . . . . . . 107

PJC 7.7

Additional Damages—Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

PJC 7.8

Attorney’s Fees—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

PJC 7.9

Conversion Damages—Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

PJC 7.10

Sample Instructions—Actual Damages for Conversion. . . . . . . 116

PJC 7.11

Predicate Question and Instruction on Award of Exemplary Damages for Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

PJC 7.12

Question and Instruction on Exemplary Damages . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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