CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 4572
Right to Repair Act—Affirmative Defense—Act of Nature
(Civ. Code, § 945.5(a))
[Name of defendant] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun/it] is not
responsible for [name of plaintiff]’s harm because it was caused by an
unforeseen event. To establish this defense, [name of defendant] must
prove that the [specify defect, e.g., door that allowed unintended water to
pass through it] was caused by [specify, e.g., a landslide], which was an
unforeseen [act of nature/manmade event] that caused the home not to
meet the otherwise required standard.
New May 2019
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
9e938409b63c556374c48911cd09902d3e14a31377438430ce630b9bbe161622
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