CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 9:6
Negligence — Defined (Including Assumption of the Risk and Comparative Negligence Cases)
Negligence means a failure to do an act which a reasonably careful person would do,
or the doing of an act which a reasonably careful person would not do, under the same or
similar circumstances to protect (oneself or) others from (bodily injury) (death) (property
damage) (insert any other appropriate description, e.g., “financial loss”).
(Negligence may also mean assumption of risk. A person assumes the risk of injury
or damage if the person voluntarily or unreasonably exposes [insert applicable pronoun] to
such injury or damage with knowledge or appreciation of the danger and risk 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
63222d2dbd9143bfc44a6a86420858daf67fed1d5cb967909b983958a464d77d
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