Crismon v. Parks

In this personal injury action, plaintiff appeals a jury verdict awarding her damages for injuries that she sustained in an automobile accident with defendant, contending that the trial court erred in declining to give her requested uniform jury instruction and that the failure to give the requested instruction resulted in a verdict that did not fully compensate plaintiff for her injuries. We conclude that the trial court erred in failing to give the instruction and reverse.

A party is entitled to jury instructions consistent with her theory of the case, provided that the instructions (1)…