CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1247
Affirmative Defense—Failure to Warn—Government
Contractor
[Name of defendant] may not be held liable for failure to warn about the
dangers in the use of the [product] if it proves all of the following:
1. That [name of defendant] contracted with the United States
government to provide the [product] for military use;
2. That the United States imposed reasonably precise specifications
regarding the provision of warnings for the [product];
3. That the [product] conformed to those specifications regarding
warnings; and
[4. That [name of defendant] warned the United States about the
dangers in the use of the [product] that were known to [name of
defendant] but not to the United States.]
[4. [or]
[4. That the United States was aware of the dangers in the use of the
[product].]
New December 2010; Revised November 2024
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
70048805e196966c06013f42931665389b1349761d2f9d9cc8573f45559f75ef
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