CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2904
Comparative Fault
[Name of defendant] claims that [name of plaintiff/decedent] was negligent
and that [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun] negligence contributed to [his/her/
nonbinary pronoun] own [harm/death]. To succeed, [name of defendant]
must prove both of the following:
1. That [name of plaintiff/decedent] was negligent; and
2. That [name of plaintiff/decedent]’s negligence was a cause of [his/
her/nonbinary pronoun] [harm/death].
[Name of plaintiff/decedent]’s negligence, if any, was a cause of [his/her/
nonbinary pronoun] own [harm/death] if it played any part, no matter
how small, in bringing about [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun] [harm/death],
even if other factors also contributed to [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun]
[harm/death].
If you decide that [name of defendant] was negligent but also decide that
[name of plaintiff/decedent]’s negligence contributed to the harm, then you
must determine the percentage of negligence that you attribute to [name
of plaintiff/decedent].
New September 2003; Revised December 2009
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
103c98590bb404ecaf5025fc009b838cceccef2e997849f9737b970714032df2
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