CJI-Civ. 14:5

“Presumptions” are legal rules based on experience or public policy. They are

established in the law to assist the jury in ascertaining the truth.

In this case, if you find that at the time (name of defendant if a “manufacturer”) (name

of “manufacturer” if other than defendant) sold (description of product), (1) the product did

not comply with any applicable code, standard, or regulation of the United States or the

State of Colorado or any of their agencies, and (2) that the lack of compliance was a cause

of the plaintiff’s claimed (injuries) (damages) (losses), then the law presumes that (the

[description of product] was defective) (the [name of defendant] was negligent) (the

[description of product] did not comply with any warranty of [insert description]).

You must consider this presumption together with all the other evidence in the case

in deciding whether (the [description of product] was defective) (the [name of defendant]

was negligent) (the [description of product] complied with any warranty of [insert

description]).