CACI No. VF-3032. Gender Price Discrimination (Civ. Code, § 51.6)
Judicial Council of California Civil Jury Instructions (2023 edition)
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VF-3032.Gender Price Discrimination (Civ. Code, § 51.6)
We answer the questions submitted to us as follows:
1. Did [name of defendant] charge [name of plaintiff] more for
services of similar or like kind because of [his/her/nonbinary
pronoun] gender?
1. Yes No
1. If your answer to question 1 is yes, then answer question 2. If you
answered no, stop here, answer no further questions, and have
the presiding juror sign and date this form.
2. Was [name of defendant]’s conduct a substantial factor in causing
harm to [name of plaintiff]?
2. Yes No
2. If your answer to question 2 is yes, then answer question 3. If you
answered no, stop here, answer no further questions, and have
the presiding juror sign and date this form.
3. What are [name of plaintiff]’s damages?
[a. Past economic loss
[lost earnings $ ]
[lost profits $ ]
[medical expenses $ ]
[other past economic loss $ ]
[a. Total Past Economic Damages: $ ]
[b. Future economic loss
[lost earnings $ ]
[lost profits $ ]
[medical expenses $ ]
[other future economic loss $ ]
[b. Total Future Economic Damages: $ ]
[c. Past noneconomic loss, including [physical
pain/mental suffering:] $ ]
[d. Future noneconomic loss, including [physical
pain/mental suffering:] $ ]
[d. TOTAL $
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Answer question 4.
4. What amount, if any, do you award as a penalty against [name of
defendant]? $
Signed: Presiding Juror
Dated:
After [this verdict form has/all verdict forms have] been signed, notify
the [clerk/bailiff/court attendant] that you are ready to present your
verdict in the courtroom.
New September 2003; Revised April 2007, December 2010; Renumbered from CACI
No. VF-3012 December 2012; Revised June 2013, December 2016
Directions for Use
This verdict form is based on CACI No. 3062, Gender Price
Discrimination - Essential Factual Elements.
The special verdict forms in this section are intended only as models. They may
need to be modified depending on the facts of the case.
The award of a penalty in question 4 refers to the right of the jury to award a
maximum of three times the amount of actual damages but not less than $4,000.
(See Civ. Code, § 52(a).), The judge should correct the verdict if the jury award
goes over that amount. Also, if jury awards nothing or an amount less than $4,000
in question 4 then the judge should increase that award to $4,000 to reflect the
statutory minimum.
It is possible that questions 2 and 3 may be omitted if only the statutory minimum
$4,000 award is sought. With regard to the Unruh Act (Civ. Code, § 51), which is
also governed by Civil Code section 52(a), the California Supreme Court has held
that a violation is per se injurious, and that section 52 provides for minimum
statutory damages for every violation regardless of the plaintiff’s actual damages.
(See Koire v. Metro Car Wash (1985) 40 Cal.3d 24, 33 [219 Cal.Rptr. 133, 707 P.2d
195].)
If specificity is not required, users do not have to itemize all the damages listed in
question 3 and do not have to categorize “economic” and “noneconomic” damages,
especially if it is not a Proposition 51 case. The breakdown of damages is optional
depending on the circumstances.
If there are multiple causes of action, users may wish to combine the individual
forms into one form. If different damages are recoverable on different causes of
action, replace the damages tables in all of the verdict forms with CACI No. VF-
3920, Damages on Multiple Legal Theories.
If the jury is being given the discretion under Civil Code section 3288 to award
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prejudgment interest (see Bullis v. Security Pac. Nat’l Bank (1978) 21 Cal.3d 801,
814 [148 Cal.Rptr. 22, 582 P.2d 109]), give CACI No. 3935, Prejudgment Interest.
This verdict form may need to be augmented for the jury to make any factual
findings that are required in order to calculate the amount of prejudgment interest.
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