Rule 51.02 – Objection – Failure to Object

May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee

After the judge has instructed the jury, the parties shall be given opportunity to object, out of hearing of the jury, to the content of an instruction given or to failure to give a requested instruction, but failure to make objection shall not prejudice the right of a party to assign the basis of the objection as error in support of a motion for a new trial.

Tenn. R. Civ. P. 51.02