CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 453
Injury Incurred in Course of Rescue
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] was not at fault
for [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun] own injury because [he/she/ nonbinary
pronoun] was attempting to rescue a person who was in danger [as a
result of [name of defendant]’s negligence].
To establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That there was, or a reasonable person would have perceived that
there was, an emergency situation in which someone was in actual
or apparent danger of immediate injury;
2. That [the emergency/a danger to [name of plaintiff]] was created
by [name of defendant]’s negligence; and
3. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed while attempting to rescue
the person in danger.
New September 2003; Revised December 2011
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
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