CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2527
Failure to Prevent Harassment, Discrimination, or
Retaliation—Essential Factual Elements—Employer or Entity
Defendant (Gov. Code, § 12940(k))
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] failed to take all
reasonable steps to prevent [harassment/discrimination/retaliation]
[based on [describe protected characteristic or combination of
characteristics]]. To establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all
of the following:
1. That [name of plaintiff] [was an employee of [name of defendant]/
applied to [name of defendant] for a job/was a person providing
services under a contract with [name of defendant]];
2. That [name of plaintiff] was subjected to
[harassment/discrimination/retaliation] in the course of
employment;
3. That [name of defendant] failed to take all reasonable steps to
prevent the [harassment/discrimination/retaliation];
4. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
5. That [name of defendant]’s failure to take all reasonable steps to
prevent [harassment/discrimination/retaliation] was a substantial
factor in causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.
New June 2006; Revised April 2007, June 2013, December 2015, December 2025
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2026
- Content hash
5a01302dd4fa4514e465515c5080e7da422e11f1808e0326aecc1d31b0d35c43
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