What is the test for giving jury instructions in a personal injury trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Singleton, 196 Cal.App.3d 488, 241 Cal.Rptr. 842 (Cal. App. 1987):
Trial courts are duty-bound to avoid instructions which are not justified by the facts of the case, since they have a natural tendency to overburden and confuse the jury. (People v. Wade (1959) 53 Cal.2d 322, 333, 1 Cal.Rptr. 683, 348 P.2d 116; People v. Williams (1961) 189 Cal.App.2d 254, 267, 11 Cal.Rptr. 142.)
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