CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 30:38
Damages — General
“General damages” means the amount required to compensate the plaintiff for
losses that are the natural and probable consequence of the defendant’s breach of the
contract.
Losses that are a “natural” result of a breach are those losses that an ordinary
person of common experience would expect to follow from a breach.
Losses are “probable” if the losses were reasonably foreseeable when the contract
was made and would likely occur if the contract were breached.
If general damages have been proved, you shall award:
(Insert the types of general damages that have been proved depending on the kind of
contract involved.)
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
894795b90f6fa7d7cf58ccdca1c70807057e626c0e9bd94da9c187c164ede682
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