CACI No. VF-2707. Meal Break Violations (Lab. Code, §§ 226.7, 512)
Judicial Council of California Civil Jury Instructions (2024 edition)
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VF-2707.Meal Break Violations (Lab. Code, §§ 226.7, 512)
We answer the questions submitted to us as follows:
1. Did [name of plaintiff] work for [name of defendant] for one or
more workdays for a period lasting longer than five hours?
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. Did [name of plaintiff] prove at least one meal break violation?
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. On how many workdays did one or more meal break violations
occur?
3. workdays
3. Answer question 4.
4. What is the amount of pay owed? $
Signed: Presiding Juror
Dated:
[After this verdict form has/After all verdict forms have] been signed,
notify the [clerk/bailiff/court attendant] that you are ready to present
your verdict in the courtroom.
New December 2022; Revised November 2023*
Directions for Use
This verdict form is based on CACI No. 2765, Meal Break Violations - Introduction,
CACI No. 2766A, Meal Break Violations - Essential Factual Elements, and CACI
No. 2767, Meal Break Violations - Pay Owed.
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.
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
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action, replace the damages tables in all of the verdict forms with CACI No. VF-
3920, Damages on Multiple Legal Theories.
The court may determine if prejudgment interest is awardable and, if so, whether it
is discretionary or mandatory. (Civ. Code, §§ 3287, 3288.) If the jury is given the
discretion under Civil Code section 3288 to award 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 be
augmented for the jury to make any factual findings that are required to calculate
the amount of prejudgment interest.
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