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CJI-Civ. 9:29B
Special Verdict Forms — Multiple Defendants or One or More Defendants and One or More Designated Nonparties — No Negligence or Fault of Plaintiff — Forms A and B
Form A:
District Court County Court Other
County, Colorado
Court Address:
[Insert Information from the original caption here - ex. In Re the
Matter of, etc.]
COURT USE ONLY
Case Number:
Division: Courtroom:
SPECIAL VERDICT FORM A
DO NOT ANSWER THIS SPECIAL VERDICT FORM A IF YOUR FOREPERSON HAS
COMPLETED SPECIAL VERDICT FORM B AND ALL JURORS HAVE SIGNED IT.
We, the jury, present our Answers to Questions submitted by the Court, to which
we have all agreed:
1. Did the plaintiff, (name), have (injuries) (damages) (losses)? (Yes or No)
ANSWER: _______
2. Was the defendant, (name of first or only defendant), (negligent) (or) (at fault)?
(Yes or No)
ANSWER: _______
3. Was the (negligence) (or) (fault), if any, of the defendant, (name of first or only
defendant), a cause of any of the (injuries) (damages) (losses) claimed by the plaintiff? (Yes
or No)
ANSWER: _______
(4. Was the defendant, [name of second defendant], [negligent] [or] [at fault]? [Yes or
No]
ANSWER: _______)
(5. Was the [negligence] [or] [fault], if any, of the defendant, [name of second
defendant], a cause of any of the [injuries] [damages] [losses] claimed by the plaintiff? [Yes
or No]
ANSWER: _______)
We, the jury, find for the defendant(s) and award no damages to the plaintiff,
(name).
Signatures of all jurors:
______________________________ ______________________________
Foreperson
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
Form B:
District Court County Court Other
County, Colorado
Court Address:
[Insert Information from the original caption here - ex. In Re the
Matter of, etc.]
COURT USE ONLY
Case Number:
Division: Courtroom:
SPECIAL VERDICT FORM B
DO NOT ANSWER THIS SPECIAL VERDICT FORM B IF YOUR FOREPERSON HAS
COMPLETED SPECIAL VERDICT FORM A AND ALL JURORS HAVE SIGNED IT.
We, the jury, present our Answers to Questions submitted by the Court, to which
we have all agreed:
1. Did the plaintiff, (name), have (injuries) (damages) (losses)? (Yes or No)
ANSWER: _______
2. Was the defendant, (name of first or only defendant), (negligent) (or) (at fault)?
(Yes or No)
ANSWER: _______
3. Was the (negligence) (or) (fault), if any, of the defendant, (name of first or only
defendant), a cause of any of the (injuries) (damages) (losses) claimed by the plaintiff? (Yes
or No)
ANSWER: _______
(4. Was the defendant, [name of second defendant], [negligent] [or] [at fault]? [Yes or
No]
ANSWER: _______)
(5. Was the [negligence] [or] [fault], if any, of the defendant, [name of second
defendant], a cause of any of the [injuries] [damages] [losses] claimed by the plaintiff? [Yes
or No]
ANSWER: _______)
If you find that the plaintiff did have (injuries) (damages) (losses), and you further
find that (the defendant) (one or more of the defendants) was (negligent) (or) (at fault) and
that such (negligence) (or) (fault) was a cause of any of the plaintiff’s (injuries) (damages)
(losses), then answer the following questions:
6. Was (name or other appropriate description of designated nonparty) (negligent) (or)
(at fault)? (Yes or No)
ANSWER: _______
7. Was the (negligence) (or) (fault), if any, of (name or other appropriate description of
designated nonparty) a cause of any of the (injuries) (damages) (losses) claimed by the
plaintiff? (Yes or No)
ANSWER: _______
8. State your answers to the following questions relating to the plaintiff’s damages
that were caused by the (negligence) (or) (fault), if any, of the (defendant) (one or more of
the defendants) and the (negligence) (or) (fault), if any, of the nonparty, (name or other
appropriate description):
a. What is the total amount of the plaintiff’s damages, if any, for noneconomic losses
or injuries (, excluding any damages for [physical impairment] [or]
[disfigurement])? Noneconomic losses or injuries are those losses or injuries
described in numbered paragraph 1 of Instruction (insert number of the applicable
Instruction on damages). You should answer “0” if you determine there were none.
ANSWER: $_______
b. What is the total amount of the plaintiff’s damages, if any, for economic losses (,
excluding any damages for [physical impairment] [or] [disfigurement])? Economic
losses are those losses described in numbered paragraph 2 of Instruction (insert
number of applicable Instruction on damages). You should answer “0” if you
determine there were none.
ANSWER: $_______
(c. What is the total amount of the plaintiff’s damages, if any, for [physical
impairment] [or] [disfigurement]? You should answer “0” if you determine there
were none.)
ANSWER: $_______
9. Taking as 100 percent the combined (negligence) (or) (fault) of the (defendant)
(defendants) and nonparty you find were (negligent) (or) (at fault) and whose (negligence)
(or) (fault) was a cause of any of the plaintiff’s (injuries) (damages) (losses), what
percentage of (negligence) (or) (fault), if any, was that of the defendant, (name of first or
only defendant), (of the defendant, [name of second defendant],) and of the nonparty, (name
or other appropriate description)? Enter the figure zero, “0,” for the nonparty (and any
defendant) you decide was not (negligent) (or) (at fault) or whose (negligence) (or) (fault)
you decide was not a cause of any of the plaintiff’s (injuries) (damages) (losses).
ANSWER:
Percentage charged to (name of first or only defendant): _______%
Percentage charged to (name of second defendant): _______%
Percentage charged to (name of nonparty): _______%
MUST TOTAL: 100%
Signatures of all jurors:
______________________________ ______________________________
Foreperson
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
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
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