Oregon Uniform Criminal Jury Instructions
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

No. 1044 – Physical or Serious Physical Injuries

The term physical injury means an injury that impairs a person’s physical condition or causes substantial pain. An injury impairs a person’s physical condition if it results in a reduction in the person’s ability to use the body or a bodily organ or if it results in a reduction in a bodily organ’s ability to perform its ordinary function. Pain is substantial if it is ample or considerable.

 

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