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misleading instruction in Washington

9 Washington opinions name it 2 courts 2012–2026 5 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Washington courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (0)

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No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Washington.

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Washington. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (7)

CaseCitedYears
Keller v. City of Spokane green
wash · 2002
2 sentences

2026Keller v. City of Spokane, 146 Wn.2d 237, 249 , 44 P.3d 845 (2002).

2025Keller v. City of Spokane, 146 Wn.2d 237, 249 , 44 P.3d 845 (2002).

32021–2026
Keller v. City of Spokane green
wash · 2002
2 sentences

2026Keller v. City of Spokane, 146 Wn.2d 237, 249 , 44 P.3d 845 (2002).

2025Keller v. City of Spokane, 146 Wn.2d 237, 249 , 44 P.3d 845 (2002).

22025–2026
Jaeger v. Cleaver Construction, Inc. green
washctapp · 2009
2 sentences

2016Jaeger, 148 Wn.

2015Jaeger v. Cleaver Constr., Inc., 148 Wn.

22015–2016
State v. Lundy green
washctapp · 2011
1 sentence

2025State v. Lundy, 162 Wn.

12025–2025
Gordon Hamilton v. Paula Terrell green
washctapp · 2015
1 sentence

2023Terrell, 190 Wn.

12023–2023
Aluminum Co. of America v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. green
wash · 2000
1 sentence

2019Co. of Am., 140 Wn.2d at 537 . -19- No. 76354-7-1 /20 A. Jury Instructions Jury instructions must allow each party to present to the jury its theory of the case.29 The sufficiency and accuracy of jury instructions present questions of law that this court reviews de novo.3° Misleading instruction are always insufficient.31 If an instruction is wrong, the party challenging it must also show prejudice that affected, or presumptively affected, the trial's outcome to receive appellate relief.32 i. Jury Instruction 2133 Carlson challenges jury instruction 21, which told the jury that "an employer wh

12019–2019
Anfinson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. green
washctapp · 2010
1 sentence

2012Accordingly, the Court of Appeals correctly noted that “case law from the class certification stage of a CR 23 action . . . is not persuasive as to the plaintiff [s’] burden of proof at the liability phase of trial.” Anfinson, 159 Wn.

12012–2012

Where else courts name it

CA 18 (1943–2025) WA 9 (2012–2026) FL 9 (1986–2023) MI 8 (1973–2024) NJ 5 (1943–2024) IL 5 (1977–1987) PA 4 (1935–2018) AR 3 (1874–1987) AL 2 (1986–1992) MS 2 (2005–2016) CO 2 (1953–2007) WI 2 (2012–2025) NV 2 (2004–2013)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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