CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 15:21
Negligence — Attorneys — Defined
An attorney is negligent when (insert applicable pronoun) (does an act that
reasonably careful attorneys would not do) (or) (fails to do an act that reasonably careful
attorneys would do).
To determine whether an attorney’s conduct is negligent, you must compare that
conduct with what an attorney, having and using that knowledge and skill of attorneys
practicing law at the same time, would or would not have done under the same or similar
circumstances.
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
fa5ef76e2151a7b497fa80fd2de6a6df98e4a18102eeebb3c4eadf46fa47fce5
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