CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 14:5B
Presumptions — Ten-Year Use of Product
“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 the (description of product) was sold for the first time for
use or consumption ten or more years before any claimed (injuries) (damages) (losses) were
incurred by the plaintiff, then the law presumes that (the [description of product] [was not
defective]) (the [name of defendant] was not negligent) (the [description of product] was in
compliance with any warranty of [insert description]) (and) (all warnings and instructions
were proper and adequate).
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
163e5d71457b5b46559741634cd23dda07c4ebe13eeae7adea7dbc234089a8fc
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