PRELIMINARY
CHARGE Model
Jury charge NJ 1.11
[To be given after the jury is
sworn in but before the openings.]
When this case started, plaintiff claimed that was a cause of the accident. Before the trial started, settled with plaintiff and for that reason
will no longer be involved in this trial.
The
effect of that settlement on the parties still here is of no concern to you at
the present time and you should not speculate about that. I will explain the effect that settlement
will have on your deliberations at the end of the case.