CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1221
Negligence—Basic Standard of Care
A [designer/manufacturer/supplier/installer/repairer] is negligent if [he/
she/nonbinary pronoun/it] fails to use the amount of care in [designing/
manufacturing/inspecting/installing/repairing] the product that a
reasonably careful [designer/manufacturer/supplier/installer/ repairer]
would use in similar circumstances to avoid exposing others to a
foreseeable risk of harm.
In determining whether [name of defendant] used reasonable care, you
should balance what [name of defendant] knew or should have known
about the likelihood and severity of potential harm from the product
against the burden of taking safety measures to reduce or avoid the
harm.
New September 2003; Revised December 2012
Provenance
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- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2023
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