Skip to Main Content
 
Welcome to the Illinois Courts website
Welcome to the Illinois Courts website
  •      Home     
  •     Courts    
    • Supreme
    • Appellate
    • Circuit
    • Employment Opportunities
  •  Documents 
    • Court Opinions
      • Recent Supreme Court Opinions
      • Recent Appellate Court Opinions
      • Opinion Archive
    • Appellate Rule 23 Orders
    • Applications / Forms
      • Annual Certification of Private
        Insurance Coverage
      • Associate Judge
      • Judicial Branch Employment
        Application
      • Judicial Request for Removal
        of Personal Information
      • Judicial Speakers Bureau Request
      • Rule 68 Declaration
        of Economic Interest
      • Rule 711 Representation
        by Law Students / Grads
      • Rule 721 Registration
        as Prof Service Corp
      • Standardized Forms
      • State Court Improvement Program
      • Travel Voucher
      • Probation / Court Services
        Employment/Promotion Application
      • Probation Reimbursement
        Invoice Voucher
    • Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions
      - Civil
    • Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions
      - Criminal
    • Mental Health Orders
    • Oral Arguments
      • Supreme Court Oral Argument
        Calendar
      • Appellate Court Oral Argument
        Calendars
    • Policies / Standards
    • Reports/Statistics
      • 2016 Statutory Court
        Fee Task Force Report
      • Results of 2015 Circuit
        Court User Survey
      • Mental Health and Justice
        in Cook County Bond Courts
      • Access to Justice Comm'n
        Strategic Plan
      • Annual Report of the
        Illinois Courts
      • Annual Report to General
        Assembly on Judicial Conference
      • Appellate Court
        Caseload Statistics
      • Circuit Court
        Caseload Statistics
      • Judicial Conference
        Annual Reports
      • Mandatory Arbitration
        Annual Reports
      • Supreme Court
        Caseload Statistics
    • Rules
      • Supreme Court Rules
      • Illinois Rules of Evidence
      • Appellate Local Rules
    • Standardized Forms
    • Style Manual for the Supreme
      & Appellate Courts
  •   E-Business  
    • Initiatives
      • E-Guilty - Plead & Pay
        Traffic & Conservation Tickets
      • E-Citation
      • E-Renewal - Rule 721
        Certification of Registration
      • E-Pay Law License Fee
    • View by Court
      • Supreme Court
      • Appellate Court
        • Appellate Court
        • Appellate Court e-Filing
        • Appellate Court Configuration
          Standards
        • eFileIL Electronic Document
          Standards
        • Fourth District Appellate Court
          Electroninc Filing and User Manual
      • Circuit Court
        • Circuit Courts
        • E-Filing for Illinois Courts
    • Policies / Rules
      • Electronic Filing Standards
        and Principles
      • Electronic Record Standards
        and Principles
      • Electronic Signature Standards
      • Electronic Case Transfer Standards
        for Illinois Circuit Courts
      • Guidelines for Application to Designate
        E-Record as Official Record for Civil Cases
      • Electronic Access Policy
        for Circuit Court Records
      • Standards for Accepting Electronic
        Pleas of Guilty
    • View Statewide Map
  •   Information  
    • Supreme Court Info
      • Orders and Announcements
      • Anticipated Filing Dates
      • Anticipated Opinions
      • Bar Admission Ceremonies
      • Certificate of Good Standing
      • Committees & Commissions
      • Contact Info & Support Staff
      • Docket
      • Judicial Speakers Bureau
      • Leave to Appeal Dispositions
      • Name Change on the
        Roll of Attorneys
      • Petition for Leave
        to Appeal Template
      • Special Supreme Court Committee
        on Illlinois Evidence Public Hearings
      • Supreme Court Rules Committee
        Public Hearings
      • 2019 Holiday Schedule
      • 2020 Holiday Schedule
    • Supreme Court Library
      • General Information
      • Ask a Reference Question
      • Card Catalog Online
      • Research Guides
        • Family Law Materials
        • Index to Illinois Reports
        • Legal Periodicals
        • Researching Legislative History
        • State Justice Institute Materials
        • Finding Illinois Law
        • How to Research a Legal Problem:
          A Guide for non-Lawyers
      • Titles on CD
    • Judicial Conference
    • Judicial Education
    • Juror Info
      • Grand Juror Handbook
      • Juror Handbook
    • Legal Education
      • IL Law Schools
      • Minimum Continuing Legal
        Education
    • List Services
    • Probation Programs
      • Probation Programs
      • Pretrial Practices Commission
    • Problem-Solving Courts
    • Procurement Opportunities
  • Judicial College
  •     Media    
    • Press Releases
    • News / Illinois Courts Connect
    • Special Matters
    • Cameras in the Courtroom
    • Supreme Court Building Slideshow
  •      AOIC     
    • Director
    • Divisions
      • Executive
      • Communications
      • Administrative Services
      • Access to Justice
        • Language Access Program
        • Standardized Forms
      • Court Services
      • Judicial Education
      • Judicial Management
        Information Services
      • Probation Services
        • Probation Programs
    • Contact Information
Quick Links
Legal Community
E-Business Online Services
Citizen Self Help
Education
Local Court Information:
spacer gif
The Illinois Courts now offer two ways to be notified of news and court-related information.
  • Illinois Courts Twitter Account
  • E-mail List Notification

Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions-Civil


The following represents Illinois Pattern Civil Jury Instructions, drafted by the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases. All instructions are in pdf graphic format.


  • Cumulative Changes to Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction - Civil

  • pdf graphic COMPLETE SET OF ILLINOIS PATTERN JURY INSTRUCTIONS-CIVIL

Cautionary and General

  • 1.00 GENERAL CAUTIONARY INSTRUCTIONS - Introduction, 1.01 & 1.08 revised May 2019
  • 2.00 INSTRUCTIONS DURING TRIAL - 1.07 renumbered to 2.05 and revised - revised November 2016
  • 3.00 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
  • 4.00 INSTRUCTIONS RECOMMENDED NOT TO BE GIVEN
  • Failure to Testify or Produce Evidence
  • 5.00 INTRODUCTION
  • Negligence--Risk--Misconduct--Proximate Cause
  • 10.00 NEGLIGENCE AND ORDINARY CARE
  • 11.00 CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
  • 12.00 SPECIFIC FACTORS AFFECTING NEGLIGENCE AND CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
  • 13.00 ASSUMPTION OF RISK
  • 14.00 WILLFUL AND WANTON CONDUCT
  • 15.00 PROXIMATE CAUSE
  • Issues--Burden of Proof
  • 20.00 ISSUES IN THE CASE
  • 21.00 BURDEN OF PROOF
  • 22.00 BURDEN OF PROOF--RES IPSA LOQUITUR
  • 23.00 ADMITTED LIABILITY
  • Damages
  • 30.00 DAMAGE INSTRUCTIONS - 30.05.01 revised May 2016
  • 31.00 DAMAGES--WRONGFUL DEATH - 31.14 approved May 2018
  • 32.00 INJURY TO SPOUSE AND FAMILY MEMBERS
  • 33.00 DAMAGES—MITIGATION
  • 34.00 DAMAGES--FUTURE DAMAGES--LENGTH OF TIME DAMAGES WILL CONTINUE--DISCOUNT OF DAMAGES--MORTALITY TABLES
  • 35.00 PUNITIVE DAMAGES
  • 36.00 NO LIABILITY--NO DAMAGES
  • Multiple Parties and Pleadings--Verdict Forms
  • 41.00 MULTIPLE PARTIES AND PLEADINGS
  • 45.00 FORMS OF VERDICTS - 45.04A, 45.04B & 45.04C approved May 2014
  • Agency
  • 50.00 AGENCY -  50.03 & 50.04 revised July 2015
  • Construction Negligence
  • 55.00 CONSTRUCTION NEGLIGENCE -  Revised December 2018
  • Statutory Violations
  • 60.00 STATUTORY VIOLATIONS
  • Motor Vehicles
  • 70.00 MOTOR VEHICLES
  • 72.00 AUTOMOBILE GUESTS—JOINT ENTERPRISE—PASSENGERS
  • 73.00 RAILROAD CROSSINGS
  • Particularized Standards of Conduct
  • 100.00 COMMON CARRIERS
  • 105.00 PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE - 105.10 & 105.11 revised May 2019
  • 110.00 ANIMALS
  • 115.00 ULTRAHAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES
  • Owners and Occupiers of Land
  • 120.00 PREMISES
  • 125.00 LIABILITY FOR FALLS ON SNOW AND ICE
  • 128.00 CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS--NO CONTRIBUTORY
    NEGLIGENCE--CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE--AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
  • 130.00 LANDLORD AND TENANT
  • 135.00 ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER
  • 140.00 MUNICIPALITY
  • Actions Based on Statutes
  • 150.00 DRAM SHOP ACT
  • 155.00 THE DRUG OR ALCOHOL IMPAIRED MINOR RESPONSIBILITY ACT
  • 160.00 FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT -  Revised January 2019
  • 170.00 SAFETY APPLIANCE AND BOILER INSPECTION ACTS -  Revised January 2019
  • 180.00 STRUCTURAL WORK ACT
  • 185.00 MAGNUSON-MOSS ACT
  • 190.00 NURSING HOME CARE ACT - New section approved May and July 2014
  • 200.00 WILL CONTEST
  • 205.00 TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH EXPECTANCY
  • 250.00 RETALIATORY DISCHARGE
  • 300.00 EMINENT DOMAIN
  • 400.00. STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY - 400.04 revised September 2015
  • 500.00 IMPLIED (“ACTIVE-PASSIVE”) INDEMNITY
  • 600.00 CONTRIBUTION - 600.14 & 600.14A approved June 1, 2012
  • Contracts
  • 700.00 CONTRACTS - 700.12G & 700.12VG revised August 2016
  • 710.00 LIABILITY INSURANCE
  • 800.00 FRAUD AND DECEIT

Note: While Supreme Court Rule 239(a) prescribes the use of Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, an instruction is approved or rejected only after it has been judicially questioned and considered. Powers v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, 91 Ill. 2d 375 (1982).

State of Illinois | Privacy Notice | Endorsement Notice | Webmaster