M Civ JI 4.12 Hospital and Business Records [ Recommend No Instruction ]

Comment

The committee recommends that no instruction be given concerning hospital and business records. An instruction on this subject is not necessary and would place undue emphasis upon particular portions of the evidence.

In Siirila v Barrios, 398 Mich 576; 248 NW2d 171 (1976), the Michigan Supreme Court, quoting with approval SJI 2.12 (now M Civ JI 4.12), held that the trial judge properly refused to give a requested instruction that the jury may consider as evidence matter contained in a hospital record and absence of an entry in that record.

History

M Civ JI 4.12 was SJI 2.12.