Introduction

The following set of instructions, M Civ JI 51.01–51.07, relates to damages for injury to personal property. These instructions follow the same building block system used for other damage elements, as described in the Introduction to this Section.

If there are claims of damage to personal property, the property element, M Civ JI 50.09, should be inserted in the basic damage instruction, M Civ JI 50.01. After M Civ JI 50.01 has been completed, M Civ JI 51.01 should follow, with the applicable elements from M Civ JI 51.02–51.07 inserted to explain the appropriate method of measuring property damages. If there are elements of property damage which are not covered by M Civ JI 51.02–51.07, but are equally appropriate, they should be inserted in the same way.

History

This Introduction was SJI 31.00.