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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 3.09
Superseding Cause
Defendant claims that [he] [she] is not responsible for plaintiff’s harm because a later act or event was a superseding cause of the harm.
The later act or event may be a superseding cause if both of the following statements are more likely true than not true:
(1) the other act or event was outside the scope of the foreseeable risk posed by the defendant's conduct, and had no reasonable connection to it; and
(2) in hindsight, it is highly extraordinary that the defendant's conduct would bring about the plaintiff's harm.
If you find that both of these statements are true, then you may find that the other act or event was a superseding cause and that the defendant is not responsible for the plaintiff's harm.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 3.09, 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
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