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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 3.03D
Negligence Defined - Common Carrier
The defendant is a common carrier. As a common carrier, the defendant owes a duty of utmost care and the vigilance of a very cautious person toward its passengers. A common carrier is responsible for any, even the slightest negligence, and is required to do all that human care, vigilance, and foresight reasonably can do under all the circumstances. Failure on the part of a common carrier to meet this standard of care is negligence.
In this case, you must decide whether the defendant exercised the level of care required of a common carrier under the circumstances.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 3.03D, dated (2008). 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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