Alaska Court System Legal Resources

The Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions were drafted by University of Virginia Professors Harvey S. Perlman and Stephen A. Saltzburg in 1981 under contract to the Alaska Court System. The instructions were reviewed and edited by a committee of lawyers and judges appointed by the Alaska Supreme Court. The Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee continues to meet monthly to review and revise the instructions. Please contact Hanley Robinson with questions or comments about these instructions:

Hanley Robinson
Reporter, Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee
820 W 4th Avenue
Anchorage AK 99501
(907) 264-8228

Attention: These instructions are NOT for persons who have been summoned for trial or grand jury service.

Table of Contents

Article 1 Instructions to Precede the Taking of Evidence (Revised 2013)

Article 1A Mid-Trial Instructions (Revised 1999)

Article 2 Closing Instructions (Revised 1999)

Article 3 Negligence - General Concepts (Revised 2019)

Article 4 Survival and Death Claims (Revised 2013)

Article 5 Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety (Revised 1986)

Article 6 Liability of Landowners or Occupiers (Revised 2019)

Article 7 Products Liability (Revised 2005)

Article 8 Professional Malpractice (Revised 2005)

Article 9 Wrongful Discrimination (Added 2004)

Article 10 Consumer Protection Act (Revised 2020)

Article 11 (Reserved)

Article 12 Assault or Battery (Revised 2017)

Article 13 Trespass & Nuisance (Revised 1996)

Article 14 (Reserved)

Article 15 False Imprisonment and False Arrest (Revised 1987)

Article 16 Defamation (Revised 2011)

Article 17 Fraud and Negligent Misrepresentation (Revised 2010)

Article 18 Intentional Interference With Chattels (Revised 2015)

Article 19 Intentional Interference With Contract or Prospective Economic Advantage (Revised 2012)

Article 20 Damages (Revised 2018)

Article 21 Bailments (Revised 2015)

Article 22 (Reserved)

Article 23 Legal Relationships (Revised 2018)

Article 24 Contracts (Revised 2022)

Article 25 (Reserved)

Article 26 Will Contests (Revised 1995)

Article 27 Eminent Domain (Revised 2019)

Article 28 (Reserved)

Article 29 (Reserved)

Article 30 Landlord-Tenant (Revised 1987)

ARTICLE 1. Instructions to Precede the Taking of Evidence (Revised 2013)

Withdrawn Instructions (1999)

ARTICLE 1A. Mid-Trial Instructions (Revised 1999)

ARTICLE 2. Closing Instructions (Revised 1999)

Withdrawn Instructions (1999)

ARTICLE 3. Negligence - General Concepts (Revised 2019)

Withdrawn Instructions

ARTICLE 4. Survival and Death Claims (Revised 2013)

History of 1988 Version of Instructions

ARTICLE 5. Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety (Revised 1986)

ARTICLE 6. Liability of Landowners or Occupiers (Revised 2019)

Withdrawn Instructions

ARTICLE 7. Products Liability (Revised 2005)

ARTICLE 8. Professional Malpractice (Revised 2005)

ARTICLE 9. Wrongful Discrimination (Added 2004)

ARTICLE 10. Consumer Protection Act (Revised 2020)

ARTICLE 12. Assault or Battery (Revised 2017)

ARTICLE 13. Trespass & Nuisance (Revised 1996)

Article 13 was rewritten and renumbered in 1996. All prior pattern instructions have been withdrawn.

ARTICLE 15. False Imprisonment and False Arrest (Revised 1987)

ARTICLE 16. Defamation (Revised 2011)

ARTICLE 17. Fraud and Negligent Misrepresentation (Revised 2010)

ARTICLE 18. Intentional Interference With Chattels (Revised 2015)

ARTICLE 19. Intentional Interference With Contract or Prospective Economic Advantage (Revised 2012)

ARTICLE 20. Damages (Revised 2018)

Withdrawn Instructions

ARTICLE 21. Bailments (Revised 2015)

ARTICLE 23. Legal Relationships (Revised 2018)

ARTICLE 24. Contracts (Revised 2022)

ARTICLE 26. Will Contests (Revised 1995)

ARTICLE 27. Eminent Domain (Revised 2019)

Withdrawn Instructions

ARTICLE 30. Landlord-Tenant (Revised 1987)