CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 22:16
Affirmative Defense — Substantial Truth
The defendant, (name), is not legally responsible to the plaintiff, (name), on (insert
applicable pronoun) claim of (libel) (slander), if the affirmative defense of substantial truth
is proved. This defense is proved if you find the statement(s) published by the defendant
(was) (were) substantially true. A statement is substantially true if its substance or gist is
true. Substantial truth does not require every word to be true.
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
bc1eb220e23ef64c5697ea9c2d2cb3a5d68a1462c0e42c0739444e576a1838ac
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