Section 39 Jury Instructions

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

Jury instructions in a negligent hiring case must modify the applicable MAI verdict-directing instruction to specify the facts that allegedly caused the hiring to be negligent, such as that the employer knew or should have known the employee was likely to commit acts of violence. See P.S. v. Psychiatric Coverage, Ltd., 887 S.W.2d 622, 626
(Mo. App. E.D. 1994) (verdict director for negligent hiring improperly failed to instruct jury to find that a...