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  • 5.76 Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.76 — Page 1 of 7 5.76 NEGLIGENT HIRING1 (Approved 04/2007; Revised 11/2022) A. Introduction The plaintiff, [insert plaintiff’s name], alleges that the defendant, [insert employer’s name], was negligent in the manner in which defendant [insert …
  • 6.10 Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 6.10 — Page 1 of 2 6.10 PROXIMATE CAUSE — GENERAL CHARGE (Approved 05/1998; Revised 11/2019) NOTE TO JUDGE The Committee has extensively reviewed the propriety of the prior charges on proximate cause (most of which were prepared before 1984) in …
  • 6.11 Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 6.11 — Page 1 of 3 6.11 PROXIMATE CAUSE — ROUTINE TORT CASE WHERE NO ISSUES OF CONCURRENT OR INTERVENING CAUSES, OR FORESEEABILITY OF INJURY OR HARM (Approved 08/99; Revised 04/16) NOTE TO JUDGE This charge is designed to address proximate cause in …
  • 6.12 Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 6.12 — Page 1 of 2 6.12 PROXIMATE CAUSE — WHERE THERE IS CLAIM THAT CONCURRENT CAUSES OF HARM WERE PRESENT (Approved 5/98; Revised 11/2023) NOTE TO JUDGE This charge is designed to address the more complex case where a defendant’s (or a party’s) …
  • 6.13 Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 6.13 — Page 1 of 3 6.13 PROXIMATE CAUSE — WHERE THERE IS CLAIM THAT CONCURRENT CAUSES OF HARM ARE PRESENT AND CLAIM THAT SPECIFIC HARM WAS NOT FORESEEABLE (Approved 05/1998; Revised 09/2021) NOTE TO JUDGE This instruction is based on the Supreme …
  • 6.14 Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 6.14 — PAGE 1 OF 3 6.14 PROXIMATE CAUSE — WHERE THERE IS CLAIM OF INTERVENING OR SUPERSEDING CAUSE FOR JURY’S CONSIDERATION (Approved 08/1999; Revised 09/2021) NOTE TO JUDGE This charge should be given in conjunction with Model Civil Charge 6.12 or …
  • 5.30A Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30A ― Page 1 of 2 5.30A GENERAL DUTY OWING (Approved 8/99) NOTE TO JUDGE While the judge may prefer to adopt his/her own version of this phase of the charge, the following has been found to be satisfactory by many judges. The plaintiff asserts …
  • 5.30B Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30B ― Page 1 of 2 5.30B U-TURN (Approved 8/99) NOTE TO JUDGE In Ewing v. Burke, 316 N.J. Super. 287 (App. Div. 1998), the Appellate Division held that a trial court committed plain error in failing to sua sponte incorporate a reference to the …
  • 5.30C Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30C ― Page 1 of 2 5.30C LEFT-HAND TURN (Approved 3/91) The law imposes upon the driver of a motor vehicle the duty to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would use under all the circumstances confronting him/her at the particular …
  • 5.30D Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30D ― Page 1 of 5 5.30D VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC ACT (Approved 8/99) NOTE TO JUDGE In Ewing v. Burke, 316 N.J. Super. 287 (App. Div. 1998), the Appellate Division held that the trial court committed plain error in failing to modify the model charges …
  • 5.30E Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30E ― Page 1 of 3 5.30E EFFECT OF BLACK OUT (Approved before 1984) The fact that the automobile operated by defendant left the highway (or crossed the center line of a two way road, etc.) is evidence from which you may infer that the accident was …
  • 5.30F Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30F ― Page 1 of 6 5.30F LIABILITY FOR INJURY DUE TO MECHANICAL DEFECT OR FAILURE (Approved before 1984) 1. Liability of Owner in General The law imposes upon the owner of a motor vehicle the duty of exercising reasonable care to have such vehicle …
  • 5.30G Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30G — Page 1 of 5 5.30G DUTY OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVER TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS (Approved before 1983; Revised 03/2021) 1. For Traffic Conditions The law imposes upon the driver of an automobile the duty of exercising such care as is reasonable under all …
  • 5.30H Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30H ― Page 1 of 2 5.30H Duty of Care: Driver of Motor Vehicle Proceeding Through an Intersection Controlled by a Stop Sign/Flashing Red Traffic Control Device (Approved before 2007; Revised 03/2021) NOTE TO JUDGE Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:1-1, a …
  • 5.30I Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30I ― Page 1 of 1 5.30I Duty Of Care: Driver Of Motor Vehicle Proceeding Through An Intersection With A Flashing Amber Traffic Control Device (Revised 6/07) Our motor vehicle laws set forth a standard of conduct to be exercised by the driver of a …
  • 5.30J Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30J ― Page 1 of 3 5.30J DUTY OF CARE PROCEEDING THROUGH INTERSECTION WITH GREEN LIGHT [The Favored Driver] (Approved 1977) Our motor vehicle laws set forth a standard of conduct to be exercised by the driver of a motor vehicle while approaching …
  • 5.30K Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30K ― Page 1 of 1 5.30K NONUSE OF SEATBELT ON ISSUE OF NEGLIGENCE1 (Approved 6/89) Some of the evidence presented in this case bears upon defendant’s contention that plaintiff was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. This …
  • 5.30L Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.30L ― Page 1 of 2 5.30L EFFECT OF INTOXICATION ON DUTY OWING (By Automobile Driver) (Approved before 1983) The driver of a vehicle is required to exercise the care which a reasonably prudent and sober person could exercise under the same or …
  • 5.31A Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.31A ― Page 1 of 1 5.31A DUTY OF CARE AT INTERSECTION APPROACHED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLE (To Be Used If Emergency Vehicle Is Involved) (Approved 1977) While proceeding through an intersection, the driver favored with the right to proceed may not …
  • 5.31B Charges Document PDF
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    CHARGE 5.31B ― Page 1 of 2 5.31B DUTY OF CARE BY EMERGENCY VEHICLE (Approved 1977) On the other hand, drivers of emergency vehicles must also exercise reasonable care under the circumstances in the operation of an emergency vehicle. The degree of care …