CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 552
Affirmative Defense—Simple Procedure
[Name of defendant] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] did not have
to inform [name of plaintiff] of the risks of [a/an] [insert medical
procedure]. [A/An] [insert type of medical practitioner] is not required to
tell a patient about the dangers of a simple procedure if it is commonly
understood that the dangers are not likely to occur.
If [name of defendant] has proved that [a/an] [insert medical procedure] is
a simple procedure, and that it is commonly understood that any
dangers are not likely to occur, then [name of defendant] was not required
to inform [name of plaintiff] of the risks.
New September 2003; Revised June 2014
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
c32254004fb288e1e48cf532ed5a63d1d4550e9fb3f1e33576a7c7222487e72f
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