CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 14:5A
Presumptions — Compliance with Governmental Standards
“Presumptions” are legal rules based on experience or public policy. They are
established in the law to assist the jury in determining 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
complied with any applicable code(s), standard(s) or regulation(s) of the United States or
the State of Colorado or any of their agencies, then the law presumes that (the [description
of product] was not defective) (the [name of defendant] was not negligent) (the [description of
product] did not fail to 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]).
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
b5be2a02fd36de062c03978c0e89d868a067bc04f39c182b6d589f3b042dc48c
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