First Adopted: May 20, 1964
Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2018
Rule 70 | Rules of Civil Procedure | Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts | Instructions
70.03 | Objections to Instructions
Counsel shall make specific objections to instructions considered erroneous. No party may assign as error the giving or failure to give instructions unless that party objects thereto on the record during the instructions conference, stating distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds of the objection. The objections must also be raised in the motion for new trial in accordance with Rule 78.07.
(Adopted May 20, 1964, effective January 1, 1965. Amended January 19, 1973, effective September 1, 1973. Renumbered from Rule 70.02 April 7, 1977, effective December 1, 1977. Amended June 1, 1993, effective January 1, 1994; amended June 30, 2017, effective January 1, 2018.)