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Labor/Employment

Feb. 9, 2001

Wonderland

The 'Costa' case highlights just one area in which there will likely be appellate challenges to BAJI employment instructions.

        By Jeffrey K. Winikow
        
        Drafting and arguing jury instructions often mirrors "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": Parties struggle to say what they mean, and mean what they say, which - as the Mad Hatter would tell you - is not the same thing. The consequence of poorly chosen language can be devastating, often snatchi...

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