Does a party have to complain on appeal that an instruction in a personal injury case was too general or incomplete?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, 10 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 15, 269, 118 Cal.Rptr.3d 637, 2010 Daily Journal D.A.R. 18, 397 (Cal. App. 2011):
[21] Generally, " '[a] party may not complain on appeal that an instruction correct in law and responsive to the evidence was too general or incomplete unless the party has requested appropriate clarifying or amplifying language.' " ( People v. Hart (1999) 20 Cal.4th 546, 622, 85 Cal.Rptr.2d 132, 976 P.2d 683; People v. Fiu (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 360, 370, 81 Cal.Rptr.3d 32.)
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