CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 11:13
Brake or Other Equipment Failure
The (driver) (person in charge) (owner) of a vehicle is not negligent because of a
sudden failure of the vehicle’s equipment if that person could not have reasonably foreseen
the sudden equipment failure and that person has done all that a reasonably careful person
would have done.
History
CJI-Civ. (2026), Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions. Dated 2026-02-25 by the committee page's "Revised 2/25/26".
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- civ-2026-02-25
- Content hash
e213ecedfb8239b077574e9c91c44f38a2d349a8bad4c8be928cf4510f49d553
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