3.6 No Inference from Filing Suit

• Library: Federal Civil Jury Instructions for the Fifth Circuit
• Edition: 2020
• Section: Jury Charge

3.6 No Inference from Filing Suit

The fact that a person brought a lawsuit and is in

court seeking damages creates no inference that the

person is entitled to a judgment. Anyone may make a

claim and file a lawsuit. The act of making a claim in a

lawsuit, by itself, does not in any way tend to establish

that claim and is not evidence.

3.6 PATTERN JURY INSTRUCTIONS

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