Does an instruction in a personal injury case have to be amended or amended for failing to include additional language about the meaning of property?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Atwater, D074043 (Cal. App. 2019):
to the evidence, was incomplete for failing to include additional language about the meaning of property, because he did not request such clarifying language.8 " '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.' [Citations.]" (People v. Landry (2016) 2 Cal.5th 52, 99-100.)
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