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- Posted December 20, 2013
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Court announces appointments to Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions
The Michigan Supreme Court announced its appointments to the Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions, which drafts standard instructions for juries in civil cases.
The 21-member Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions, created under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 2001-6, is composed of judges and attorneys appointed by the Supreme Court. Members are appointed for three-year terms and may be reappointed for two additional terms.
The court appointed Kent County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen A. Feeney and Birmingham attorney William B. Forrest III of Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy, & Pelton PLC to the committee. They succeed retired Berrien County Trial Court Judge Alfred M. Butzbaugh and Birmingham attorney Elizabeth Phelps Hardy of Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy, & Pelton PLC who have served three full terms.
The court also reappointed the following committee members:
* Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Jane M. Beckering, Grand Rapids.
* Judge Donald A. Teeple, Sanilac County Circuit Court, Sandusky.
* Paul C. Smith, director of Policy and Field Legal Services, Michigan Department of Human Services, Lansing.
* Mark R. Bendure of Bendure & Thomas, Detroit.
* W. Mack Faison of Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone PLC, Detroit.
Each will serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016.
The court also appointed Kent County Circuit Court Judge James R. Redford to succeed retired Berrien County Trial Court Judge Alfred M. Butzbaugh as chair of the committee effective January 1, 2014.
The committee is composed of attorneys and judges whose duty is to ensure that the Model Civil Jury Instructions are concise, understandable, conversational, unslanted, and not argumentative.
The Model Civil Jury Instructions are online at http://www.courts.mi.gov/courts/michigansupremecourt/mcji/pages/home.aspx. The website also includes information on how to contact the committee to comment on existing or proposed jury instructions or to suggest new instructions.
Published: Fri, Dec 20, 2013
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