CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 19:4
Material Fact — Defined
A fact is material if a reasonable person under the circumstances would regard it as
important in deciding what to do.
A fact may also be material even though a reasonable person might not regard it as
important, if (the person stating it knows that) (the person concealing it knows that) the
person receiving the information would regard it as important in deciding what to do.
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
8f46bc69a450292937b8fa2811946413ca0c1484c70f94a06cbd5fff02fd436f
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