CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 15:3
Negligence — Specialist or One Who Has or Claims to Have Special Skill — Defined
A physician (who holds himself or herself out as a specialist in a particular field of
medicine) (or) ([who has] [or] [who holds himself or herself out as having] special skill and
knowledge to perform a particular [diagnosis] [operation] [treatment] [or] [procedure]) is
negligent if that physician (does an act that reasonably careful physicians [acting as such
specialists] [or] [possessing such special skill and knowledge] would not do) (or) (fails to do
an act that reasonably careful physicians [acting as such specialists] [or] [possessing such
special skill and knowledge] would do).
To determine whether such a physician’s conduct was negligent, you must compare
that conduct with what a physician having and using the knowledge and skill of physicians
(practicing in the same specialty) (or) ([who have] [or] [who hold themselves out as having]
the same special skill and knowledge), 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
f563e6134e5401841dc0761a27f1ff22840ca3b8fd6661d09ea6b103946d06ec
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