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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 3.04B
Violation of Statute - Evidence of Negligence
A [state law][municipal ordinance] provides:
(Quote applicable statute, regulation, or ordinance)
This law, by itself, does not define reasonable care. If you find that the defendant violated this law, you may consider that fact, along with all the other evidence, in deciding whether the defendant used reasonable care.
If you find that the defendant complied with this law, you may still find that [he][she] was negligent if you decide that a reasonable person would have taken precautions in addition to those required by this law.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 3.04B, 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
e60f646806c7e998bd9014a6867cd386ae3de566a7512955dda05a8f57e88572
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