Civil Jury Instructions | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions-Civil The following represents Illinois Pattern Civil Jury Instructions, drafted by the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases. All instructions are in pdf format. Complete Set Of Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions-Civil 1.00 GENERAL CAUTIONARY INSTRUCTIONS - Introduction, 1.01 & 1.08 revised May 2019 2.00 INSTRUCTIONS DURING TRIAL - 1.07 renumbered to 2.05 and revised - revised November 2016 3.00 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS - Introduction, 3.08 revised April 2020 4.00 INSTRUCTIONS RECOMMENDED NOT TO BE GIVEN Failure to Testify or Produce Evidence 5.00 INTRODUCTION Negligence--Risk--Misconduct--Proximate Cause 10.00 NEGLIGENCE AND ORDINARY CARE 11.00 CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE 12.00 SPECIFIC FACTORS AFFECTING NEGLIGENCE AND CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE 13.00 ASSUMPTION OF RISK 14.00 WILLFUL AND WANTON CONDUCT 15.00 PROXIMATE CAUSE Issues--Burden of Proof 20.00 ISSUES IN THE CASE 21.00 BURDEN OF PROOF 22.00 BURDEN OF PROOF--RES IPSA LOQUITUR 23.00 ADMITTED LIABILITY Damages 30.00 DAMAGE INSTRUCTIONS - 30.05.01 revised May 2016 31.00 DAMAGES--WRONGFUL DEATH - 31.14 approved May 2018 32.00 INJURY TO SPOUSE AND FAMILY MEMBERS 33.00 DAMAGES—MITIGATION 34.00 DAMAGES--FUTURE DAMAGES--LENGTH OF TIME DAMAGES WILL CONTINUE--DISCOUNT OF DAMAGES--MORTALITY TABLES 35.00 PUNITIVE DAMAGES 36.00 NO LIABILITY--NO DAMAGES Multiple Parties and Pleadings--Verdict Forms 41.00 MULTIPLE PARTIES AND PLEADINGS 45.00 FORMS OF VERDICTS - 45.04A, 45.04B & 45.04C approved May 2014 Agency 50.00 AGENCY - 50.03 & 50.04 revised July 2015 Construction Negligence 55.00 CONSTRUCTION NEGLIGENCE - Revised December 2018 Statutory Violations 60.00 STATUTORY VIOLATIONS Motor Vehicles 70.00 MOTOR VEHICLES 72.00 AUTOMOBILE GUESTS—JOINT ENTERPRISE—PASSENGERS 73.00 RAILROAD CROSSINGS Particularized Standards of Conduct 100.00 COMMON CARRIERS 105.00 PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE - Introduction, 105.1 revised April 2020 110.00 ANIMALS 115.00 ULTRAHAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES Owners and Occupiers of Land 120.00 PREMISES 125.00 LIABILITY FOR FALLS ON SNOW AND ICE 128.00 CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS--NO CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE--CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE--AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE 130.00 LANDLORD AND TENANT 135.00 ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER 140.00 MUNICIPALITY Actions Based on Statutes 150.00 DRAM SHOP ACT 155.00 THE DRUG OR ALCOHOL IMPAIRED MINOR RESPONSIBILITY ACT 160.00 FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT - Revised January 2019 170.00 SAFETY APPLIANCE AND BOILER INSPECTION ACTS - Revised January 2019 180.00 STRUCTURAL WORK ACT 185.00 MAGNUSON-MOSS ACT 190.00 NURSING HOME CARE ACT - New section approved May and July 2014 200.00 WILL CONTEST 205.00 TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH EXPECTANCY 250.00 RETALIATORY DISCHARGE 300.00 EMINENT DOMAIN 400.00. STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY - 400.04 revised September 2015 500.00 IMPLIED (“ACTIVE-PASSIVE”) INDEMNITY 600.00 CONTRIBUTION - 600.14 & 600.14A approved June 1, 2012700.00 CONTRACTS - 700.12G & 700.12VG revised August 2016 710.00 LIABILITY INSURANCE800.00 FRAUD AND DECEIT Note: While Supreme Court Rule 239(a) prescribes the use of Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, an instruction is approved or rejected only after it has been judicially questioned and considered. Powers v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, 91 Ill. 2d 375 (1982).