CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2201
Intentional Interference With Contractual
Relations—Essential Factual Elements
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] intentionally interfered
with the contract between [him/her/ nonbinary pronoun/it] and [name of
third party]. To establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of
the following:
1. That there was a contract between [name of plaintiff] and [name of
third party];
2. That [name of defendant] knew of the contract;
3. That [name of defendant]’s conduct prevented performance or
made performance more expensive or difficult;
4. That [name of defendant] [intended to disrupt the performance of
this contract/ [or] knew that disruption of performance was
certain or substantially certain to occur];
5. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
6. That [name of defendant]’s conduct was a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.
New September 2003; Revised June 2012, December 2013
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
10f60339ec6b0a59752096ea88029b54a92b0f8ac1435424e6c3601cfc0582d4
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