When reviewing jury instructions in a civil case, does the jury consider the entire instructions as a whole?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Barnes, 905 F.2d 1541 (9th Cir. 1990):
When we review jury instructions, we consider the instructions as a whole. United States v. Marsh, 894 F.2d 1035, 1040 (9th Cir.1989), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 110 S.Ct. 1143, 107 L.Ed.2d 1048 (1990). A district court is given wide latitude to frame jury instructions and we will not disturb the court's discretion unless the instructions as a whole were misleading or did not adequately guide the jury in its deliberations. Id.
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