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Litigation: Jury Instructions, Verdicts, Voir Dire

This guide covers Ohio and Federal Litigation, primarily at the trial level, although there is one page of appellate resources.

Federal & General Jury Instructions

Federal Jury Practice and Instructions
Kevin F. O'Malley, et al. KF8984 .D4. Also available on Westlaw.
Jury Instructions on Damages in Tort Actions
KF8984 .E342. Also available on Lexis .

Modern Federal Jury Instructions
Leonard B. Sand, et al. KF8984 .A65 M6. . Also available on Lexis as Modern Federal Jury Instructions Civil and Criminal.

Sixth Circuit Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions
Prepared by the Committee on Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions, District Judges Association, Sixth Circuit. KF9682.A65 D56 2017.

Related Guides

See the following for more resources on jury instructions and jury verdicts:

Forms and Practice Materials
Books on how to write jury instructions

Ohio Jury Instructions

W. S. Gilbert's illustration for "Now, Jurymen, hear my advice" from Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury

Ohio Jury Instructions
KFO542 .A65 O36. Also available on Lexis.

Westlaw - Secondary Sources - Jury Instructions - Ohio

Jury Verdicts

JVR Personal Injury Valuation Handbook
Current. KF1256 .A8 P477.

Lexis - Jury Verdicts & Settlements

Westlaw - Jury Verdicts and Settlements

Lexis - Jury Verdicts & Settlements - Ohio

West's Jury Verdicts. Ohio Reports
2006-2011. KFO539 .P4 .A518. Current available on Westlaw.
Lexis - Verdict and Settlement Analyzer

Voir Dire

Pattern Voir Dire Questions: Civil and Criminal
Susan Broome. KF8979 .B76.

Jury Selection
Margaret Bull Kovera and Brian L. Curlter. KF8979 .K68 2013.
Jury Selection Strategy & Science
Ted A. Donner and Richard K. Gabriel. Available on Westlaw.
Jury Selection: The Law, Art & Science of Selecting a Jury
James J. Gobert, Ellen Kreitzberg, and Charles H. Rose III. Available on Westlaw.