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Tort Reform And Jury Instructions, Charles W. Adams
Tort Reform And Jury Instructions, Charles W. Adams
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This article discusses two recent statutes and the efforts of the Oklahoma Committee on Uniform Jury Instructions (Civil OUJI Committee) to recommend uniform jury instructions based on these statutes to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The first statute is Okla. Stat. Title 12, §577.4, which deals with an instruction to juries that awards for damages for personal injuries and wrongful death that are nontaxable. The second statute is Okla. Stat. Title 23, §61.2, which imposes a $350,000 cap on noneconomic losses for personal injuries.
Discovery Of Medical Records In Oklahoma State Courts, Charles W. Adams
Discovery Of Medical Records In Oklahoma State Courts, Charles W. Adams
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Spoliation Of Electronic Evidence: Sanctions Versus Advocacy, Charles Adams
Spoliation Of Electronic Evidence: Sanctions Versus Advocacy, Charles Adams
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This Article proposes that courts should refrain from imposing adverse inference jury instructions as sanctions for the spoliation of evidence. This proposal bears some similarity to the approach taken twenty years ago by the 1993 amendments to Rule 11, which constrained courts' ability to sanction. Instead of imposing an adverse jury instruction as a sanction for spoliation of evidence, courts should allow evidence of spoliation to be admitted at trial if a reasonable jury could find that spoliation had occurred and if the spoliation was relevant to a material issue. If a court allows the introduction of evidence of spoliation …