The following excerpt is from Hurston v. L.B. Foster Co., 869 F.2d 1497 (9th Cir. 1989):
The trial court has broad discretion in formulating instructions and will be reversed only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion. United States v. Wellington, 754 F.2d 1457, 1463 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1032 (1985).
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