Authored by the Judicial Council of California Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions,
California Jury Instructions—Civil (CACI) provides a complement to BAJI, the jury instructions that have been used in California for more than 60 years.
This set includes:
- BAJI instructions
- CACI plain-language instructions
- Use Notes and Comments for CACI and BAJI
- Cross-references between CACI and BAJI
- Directions for changing instructions to fit specific cases
- Life expectancy and present value tables
- References to statutes and court opinions that take you quickly to the source of the instruction
- The BAJI Master List, a table of BAJI instructions that shows when each was new or revised
Coverage of major areas includes, but is not limited to:
- Damages
- Evidence
- Motor vehicles
- Negligence
- Products liability
- Insurance
- Contracts
- Tort law
- Statutory actions