CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2210
Affirmative Defense—Privilege to Protect Own Economic
Interest
[Name of defendant] claims that there was no intentional interference
with contractual relations because [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun/it] acted
only to protect [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun/its] legitimate economic
interests. To succeed, [name of defendant] must prove all of the following:
1. That [name of defendant] had a[n] [legitimate] economic interest in
the contractual relations because [specify existing economic
interest];
2. That [name of defendant] acted only to protect [his/her/ nonbinary
pronoun/its] own economic interest;
3. That [name of defendant] acted reasonably and in good faith to
protect it; and
4. That [name of defendant] used appropriate means to protect it.
New June 2016; Revised November 2020
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
4bb35c1b61db0c21d1179cdb435c5521427933b2726608c036e1d7a15008666b
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