Section 12.11 Not-In-MAI Instructions

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H. (§12.11) Not-In-MAI Instructions

An applicable MAI instruction that correctly submits the substantive law must be used. Gorman v. Walmart Stores, Inc., 19 S.W.3d 725 (Mo. App. W.D. 2000). It may be necessary to use not-in-MAI instructions in other cases, such as when there is no applicable MAI or the case is governed by another state’s law. Reis v. Peabody Coal Co., 997 S.W.2d 49 (Mo. App. E.D. 1999). Rule 70.02(b) requires that any not-in-MAI instruction “shall be simple, brief, impartial, free from argument, and shall not submit to the jury or require findings of detailed evidentiary facts.” There should be strict adherence to...