CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 9:9
Children — Standard of Care — Negligence (Including Comparative Negligence Cases)
(A child under the age of seven at the time of an occurrence is incapable of
negligence.)
A child (seven years of age or older at the time of an occurrence) is under a duty to
use that degree of care which children of similar age, experience and intelligence would
ordinarily use under the same or similar circumstances to protect (themselves) (others)
from (bodily injury) (death) (property damage).
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
6a4e6e8bb789a9929925c0005cc457f80c38dd582b7fb6449547766f931a8ccf
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