Rules for District Courts of Oklahoma
Rule 28. Instructing as to Issues of Fact.

It is the duty of the trial judge to determine the issues in a civil case and to inform the jury in clear and succinct language what the issues of fact are that are being submitted to them for their decision. The judge should not require the jury to determine the issues of fact from the pleadings, and the judge should not set out the pleadings in the instructions in whole or in part.xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /

See Lambard-Hart Loan Co. v. Smiley, 1925 OK 701, supp op on rh’g ¶¶ 6-7, 242 P. 212, 214; Marathon Battery Co. v. Kilpatrick, 1965 OK 212, ¶ 62, 418 P.2d 900, 915.

Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2013 OK 68, eff. August 1, 2013 (superseded document available)