CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1902
False Promise
[Name of plaintiff] claims [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] was harmed because
[name of defendant] made a false promise. To establish this claim, [name
of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That [name of defendant] made a promise to [name of plaintiff];
2. That [name of defendant] did not intend to perform this promise
when [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] made it;
3. That [name of defendant] intended that [name of plaintiff] rely on
this promise;
4. That [name of plaintiff] reasonably relied on [name of defendant]’s
promise;
5. That [name of defendant] did not perform the promised act;
6. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
7. That [name of plaintiff]’s reliance on [name of defendant]’s promise
was a substantial factor in causing [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun /its]
harm.
New September 2003; Revised December 2012, December 2013
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
e5922c51f6c94eae524666be2b6fe847d63e6207f350a609689fed98fc2825e2
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