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- Title: Reynolds V. Green
- Author : Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 26, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Marcellette Reynolds, as the personal representative of the estate of her deceased son Stephen Neal, appeals from an adverse jury verdict in a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The key issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in refusing the request of Reynolds's counsel to correct an erroneous jury instruction in response to questions by the jury after deliberations had begun. Because the error in the instruction dealt with the core legal issue in the case and the failure to correct it was prejudicial, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court and REMAND the matter for a new trial.