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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 21.03
Negligent Bailment - Substantial Factor
Negligence is a substantial factor in causing [damage to] [loss of] the [bailed property] if:
(1) the [damage] [loss] would not have occurred without the negligence; and
(2) the negligence was important enough in causing the [damage to] [loss] of the [bailed property] that a reasonable person would hold the negligent person responsible. The negligence cannot be a remote or trivial factor.
[Number (1) does not apply if two events operated to cause the [damage][loss], one because of the defendant’s negligence and the other not, and each event by itself was sufficient to cause the [damage][loss].]
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 21.03, dated 2015. Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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