CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1111
Affirmative Defense—Condition Created by Reasonable Act
or Omission (Gov. Code, § 835.4(a))
A public entity is not legally responsible for harm caused by a dangerous
condition if the act or omission of its employee that created the
dangerous condition was reasonable. If [name of defendant] proves that
the act or omission that created the dangerous condition was reasonable,
then your verdict must be for [name of defendant].
In determining whether the employee’s conduct was reasonable, you
must weigh the likelihood and the seriousness of the potential injury
against the practicality and cost of either:
(a) taking alternative action that would not have created the risk of
injury; or
(b) protecting against the risk of injury.
New September 2003; Revised April 2007, April 2008
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2022
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