On November 14, 2018 a
Party Discovery
was filed
involving a dispute between
Jerry Michael,
and
Auburn Cdjr, Inc.,
Fca Us Llc,
for Civil-Roseville
in the District Court of Placer County.
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1 Raymond P. Boucher, State Bar No. 115364 10/08/2020
ray@boucher.la
2 Maria L. Weitz, State Bar No. 268100
weitz@boucher.la
3 BOUCHER LLP
4 21600 Oxnard Street, Suite 600
Woodland Hills, California 91367-4903
5 Tel: (818) 340-5400
Fax: (818) 340-5401
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Steve Mikhov, Esq., State Bar No. 224676
7 stevem@knightlaw.com
Amy Morse, Esq., State Bar No. 290502
8 amym@knightlaw.com
KNIGHT LAW GROUP LLP
9 10250 Constellation Boulevard, Suite 2500
Los Angeles, CA 90067
10 Tel: (310) 552-2250
Fax: (310) 552-7973
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Attorneys for Plaintiff, Jerry A. Michael
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14 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
15 COUNTY OF PLACER
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17 JERRY A. MICHAEL, Case No.: S-CV-0042129
18 Plaintiff, Unlimited Jurisdiction
19 v.
PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT
20 FCA US LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Company; AUBURN CDJR, INC., a California
21 Corporation, dba AUBURN CHRYSLER
DODGE JEEP RAM; and DOES 1 through 10, Action Filed: November 26, 2018
22 inclusive, Trial Date: October 19, 2020
23 Defendants.
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PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS
CACI Instructions
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2 Given As Given As
No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn
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100 Preliminary Admonitions
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101 Overview of Trial
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102 Taking Notes During the Trial
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104 Non-Person Party
7 105 Insurance
8 106 Evidence
9 107 Witnesses
10 111 An Alternate Juror
11 113 Bias
114 Bench Conferences and
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Conferences in Chambers
13 116 Why Electronic Communications
14 and Research Are Prohibited
200 Obligation to Prove - More Likely
15
True Than Not True
16 201 Highly Probable – Clear and
17 convincing Proof
18 202 Direct and Indirect Evidence
203 Party Having Power to Produce
19 Better Evidence
20 204 Willful Suppression of Evidence
21 205 Failure to Explain or Deny
Evidence
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206 Evidence Admitted for Limited
23 Purpose
24 207 Evidence Applicable to One Party
25 208 Deposition as Substantive
Evidence
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209 Use of Interrogatories of a Party
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210 Requests for Admissions
28 212 Statements of a Party Opponent
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PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS
1 Given As Given As
No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn
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219 Expert Witness Testimony
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220 Experts--Questions Containing
4 Assumed Facts
5 221 Conflicting Expert Testimony
223 Opinion Testimony of Lay
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Witnesses
7 400 Negligence - Essential Factual
8 Elements
401 Basic Standard of Care
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430 Causation - Substantial Factor
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431 Causation - Multiple Causes
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1901 Concealment/Omission
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1907 Reliance
13 1908 Reasonable Reliance
14 1920 Buyer’s Damages for Purchase or
Acquisition of Property
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3201 Failure to Promptly Repurchase or
16 Replace New Motor Vehicle After
17 Reasonable Number of Repair
Opportunities—Essential Factual
18 Elements (Civ. Code, § 1793.2(d))
19 3202 “Repair Opportunities” Explained
20 3204 “Substantially Impaired”
Explained
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3205 Failure to Begin Repairs Within
22 Reasonable Time or to Complete
Repairs within 30 Days –
23 Essential Factual Elements (Civ.
24 Code, § 1793.2(b))
3210 Breach of Implied Warranty of
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Merchantability – Essential
26 Factual Elements
27 3212 Duration of Implied Warranty
3230 Continued Reasonable Use
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Permitted
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PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS
1 Given As Given As
No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn
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3241 Restitution From Manufacturer—
3 New Motor Vehicle (Civ. Code,
§§ 1793.2(d)(2), 1794(b))
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5 3242 Incidental Damages
6 3243 Consequential Damages
7 3244 Civil Penalty—Willful Violation
(Civ. Code, § 1794(c))
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3700 Introduction to Agency
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3701 Tort Liability Asserted Against
10 Principal
11 3705 Existence of “Agency”
Relationship Disputed
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3709 Ostensible Agent
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3710 Ratification
14 3900 Introduction to Tort Damages –
15 Liability Contested
16 3905 Physical Pain, Mental Suffering,
A and Emotional Distress
17 (Noneconomic Damage)
18 3934 Damages on Multiple Legal
Theories
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3946 Punitive Damages – Entity
20 Defendant – Bifurcated Trial
(First Phase)
21
5000 Duties of the Judge and Jury
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5002 Evidence
23 5003 Witnesses
24 5005 Insurance
25 5006 Nonperson Party
26 5009 Pre-Deliberation Instructions
27 5010 Taking Notes During Trial
5011 Reading Back of Trial Testimony
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in Jury Room
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PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS
1 Given As Given As
No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn
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5012 Introduction to Special Verdict
3 Form
4 5013 Deadlocked Jury Admonition
5 5014 Substitution of Alternate Juror
6 5015 Instruction to Alternate Jurors on
Submission of Case to Jury
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5016 Judge’s Commenting on Evidence
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5017 Polling the Jury
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5019 Questions from Jurors
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5020 Demonstrative Exhibits
11 5090 Final Instruction on Discharge of
12 Jury
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14 DATED: October 8, 2020 BOUCHER LLP
15
16 By:
17 RAYMOND P. BOUCHER
MARIA L. WEITZ
18 NEAL S. BUTALA
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Attorneys for Plaintiff JERRY A. MICHAEL
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PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Document Filed Date
October 08, 2020
Case Filing Date
November 14, 2018
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1 Raymond P. Boucher, State Bar No. 115364 10/08/2020 ray@boucher.la 2 Maria L. Weitz, State Bar No. 268100 weitz@boucher.la 3 BOUCHER LLP 4 21600 Oxnard Street, Suite 600 Woodland Hills, California 91367-4903 5 Tel: (818) 340-5400 Fax: (818) 340-5401 6 Steve Mikhov, Esq., State Bar No. 224676 7 stevem@knightlaw.com Amy Morse, Esq., State Bar No. 290502 8 amym@knightlaw.com KNIGHT LAW GROUP LLP 9 10250 Constellation Boulevard, Suite 2500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 10 Tel: (310) 552-2250 Fax: (310) 552-7973 11 Attorneys for Plaintiff, Jerry A. Michael 12 13 14 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 15 COUNTY OF PLACER 16 17 JERRY A. MICHAEL, Case No.: S-CV-0042129 18 Plaintiff, Unlimited Jurisdiction 19 v. PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT 20 FCA US LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS Company; AUBURN CDJR, INC., a California 21 Corporation, dba AUBURN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM; and DOES 1 through 10, Action Filed: November 26, 2018 22 inclusive, Trial Date: October 19, 2020 23 Defendants. 24 25 26 27 28 -1- PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS CACI Instructions 1 2 Given As Given As No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn 3 100 Preliminary Admonitions 4 101 Overview of Trial 5 102 Taking Notes During the Trial 6 104 Non-Person Party 7 105 Insurance 8 106 Evidence 9 107 Witnesses 10 111 An Alternate Juror 11 113 Bias 114 Bench Conferences and 12 Conferences in Chambers 13 116 Why Electronic Communications 14 and Research Are Prohibited 200 Obligation to Prove - More Likely 15 True Than Not True 16 201 Highly Probable – Clear and 17 convincing Proof 18 202 Direct and Indirect Evidence 203 Party Having Power to Produce 19 Better Evidence 20 204 Willful Suppression of Evidence 21 205 Failure to Explain or Deny Evidence 22 206 Evidence Admitted for Limited 23 Purpose 24 207 Evidence Applicable to One Party 25 208 Deposition as Substantive Evidence 26 209 Use of Interrogatories of a Party 27 210 Requests for Admissions 28 212 Statements of a Party Opponent -2- PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Given As Given As No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn 2 219 Expert Witness Testimony 3 220 Experts--Questions Containing 4 Assumed Facts 5 221 Conflicting Expert Testimony 223 Opinion Testimony of Lay 6 Witnesses 7 400 Negligence - Essential Factual 8 Elements 401 Basic Standard of Care 9 430 Causation - Substantial Factor 10 431 Causation - Multiple Causes 11 1901 Concealment/Omission 12 1907 Reliance 13 1908 Reasonable Reliance 14 1920 Buyer’s Damages for Purchase or Acquisition of Property 15 3201 Failure to Promptly Repurchase or 16 Replace New Motor Vehicle After 17 Reasonable Number of Repair Opportunities—Essential Factual 18 Elements (Civ. Code, § 1793.2(d)) 19 3202 “Repair Opportunities” Explained 20 3204 “Substantially Impaired” Explained 21 3205 Failure to Begin Repairs Within 22 Reasonable Time or to Complete Repairs within 30 Days – 23 Essential Factual Elements (Civ. 24 Code, § 1793.2(b)) 3210 Breach of Implied Warranty of 25 Merchantability – Essential 26 Factual Elements 27 3212 Duration of Implied Warranty 3230 Continued Reasonable Use 28 Permitted -3- PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Given As Given As No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn 2 3241 Restitution From Manufacturer— 3 New Motor Vehicle (Civ. Code, §§ 1793.2(d)(2), 1794(b)) 4 5 3242 Incidental Damages 6 3243 Consequential Damages 7 3244 Civil Penalty—Willful Violation (Civ. Code, § 1794(c)) 8 3700 Introduction to Agency 9 3701 Tort Liability Asserted Against 10 Principal 11 3705 Existence of “Agency” Relationship Disputed 12 3709 Ostensible Agent 13 3710 Ratification 14 3900 Introduction to Tort Damages – 15 Liability Contested 16 3905 Physical Pain, Mental Suffering, A and Emotional Distress 17 (Noneconomic Damage) 18 3934 Damages on Multiple Legal Theories 19 3946 Punitive Damages – Entity 20 Defendant – Bifurcated Trial (First Phase) 21 5000 Duties of the Judge and Jury 22 5002 Evidence 23 5003 Witnesses 24 5005 Insurance 25 5006 Nonperson Party 26 5009 Pre-Deliberation Instructions 27 5010 Taking Notes During Trial 5011 Reading Back of Trial Testimony 28 in Jury Room -4- PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Given As Given As No. Title Agreed Requested Modified Withdrawn 2 5012 Introduction to Special Verdict 3 Form 4 5013 Deadlocked Jury Admonition 5 5014 Substitution of Alternate Juror 6 5015 Instruction to Alternate Jurors on Submission of Case to Jury 7 5016 Judge’s Commenting on Evidence 8 5017 Polling the Jury 9 5019 Questions from Jurors 10 5020 Demonstrative Exhibits 11 5090 Final Instruction on Discharge of 12 Jury 13 14 DATED: October 8, 2020 BOUCHER LLP 15 16 By: 17 RAYMOND P. BOUCHER MARIA L. WEITZ 18 NEAL S. BUTALA 19 Attorneys for Plaintiff JERRY A. MICHAEL 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -5- PLAINTIFF’S [PROPOSED] JOINT TABLE OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS