CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 4574
Right to Repair Act—Affirmative Defense—Plaintiff’s
Subsequent Acts or Omissions (Civ. Code, § 945.5(d))
[Name of defendant] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun/it] is not
responsible for [name of plaintiff]’s harm because it was caused by [name
of plaintiff]’s later [acts/ [or] omissions]. To establish this defense [name of
defendant] must prove that the harm was caused by [[name of plaintiff]’s
later [alterations/ordinary wear and tear/misuse/abuse/[or] neglect]/ [or]
the structure’s use for something other than its intended purpose].
New May 2019; Revised May 2020
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
9e74e6a8238ee33d7af3a2200772c4be8711e40abf67d14ba1e644e3cf770d42
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