CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1100
Dangerous Condition on Public Property—Essential Factual
Elements (Gov. Code, § 835)
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] was harmed by
a dangerous condition of [name of defendant]’s property. To establish this
claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That [name of defendant] owned [or controlled] the property;
2. That the property was in a dangerous condition at the time of the
injury;
3. That the dangerous condition created a reasonably foreseeable
risk of the kind of injury that occurred;
4. [That negligent or wrongful conduct of [name of defendant]’s
employee acting within the scope of employment created the
dangerous condition;]
4. [or]
4. [That [name of defendant] had notice of the dangerous condition
for a long enough time to have protected against it;]
5. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
6. That the dangerous condition was a substantial factor in causing
[name of plaintiff]’s harm.
New September 2003; Revised October 2008, December 2015, June 2016, May 2020
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
565874cfd302b677731b2a430e0ec9ab2bfbb9c83f0c35764cb0a08cb644069f
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