CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 15:13
Proof of Negligent Failure to Obtain Informed Consent
If you find the defendant, (name), (insert appropriate description of the procedure, etc.,
as in numbered paragraph 1 of Instruction 15:10), (on) (for) the plaintiff, (name), and the
plaintiff had (injuries) (damages) (losses) because of a risk associated with that (insert
appropriate description, e.g., “treatment,” “procedure,” “test,” etc.), and the defendant did
not inform the plaintiff of that risk, then you must find that the defendant negligently
failed to obtain the plaintiff’s informed consent.
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
31147b7633628f0d76ae4de2069399d7e63fe0b241d31dde740ee40c18be88e2
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