CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 3106
Physical Abuse—Essential Factual Elements (Welf. & Inst.
Code, § 15610.63)
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun/[name of
decedent]] was physically abused by [[name of individual defendant]/ [and]
[name of employer defendant]] in violation of the Elder Abuse and
Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act. To establish this claim, [name of
plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That [[name of individual defendant]/[name of employer defendant]’s
employee] physically abused [name of plaintiff/decedent] by [insert
applicable grounds for abuse];
2. That [name of plaintiff/decedent] was [65 years of age or older/a
dependent adult] at the time of the conduct;
3. That [name of plaintiff/decedent] was harmed; and
4. That [[name of individual defendant]’s/[name of employer
defendant]’s employee’s] conduct was a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff/decedent]’s harm.
New September 2003; Revised December 2005, October 2008
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
a522b2398174fbb81d02cf70c66c7bf1c4ebcd75894986890528bf6ba5807b96
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