CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 22:22
Affirmative Defense — Consent
The defendant, (name), is not legally responsible to the plaintiff, (name), on (insert
applicable pronoun) claim of (libel) (slander), if the affirmative defense of consent is proved.
This defense is proved if you find both of the following:
1. The plaintiff by words or conduct, or both, expressly or impliedly (authorized)
(or) (consented to) the publication of the statement(s) by the defendant; and
2. The publication by the defendant was done in the manner and for the purposes
which the plaintiff consented to (or which the defendant, as a reasonable person,
reasonably believed the plaintiff had consented to).
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
3d131532484d385cdd28f6f78537481fde813a6a7efe40287d1eeab3878eee09
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