CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 3.6-7
Duty - Foreseeability
A duty to use care exists when a reasonable person, knowing what the defendant here either
knew or should have known at the time of the challenged conduct, would foresee that harm of
the same general nature as that which occurred here was likely to result from that conduct. If
harm of the same general nature as that which occurred here was foreseeable, it does not matter
if the manner in which the harm that actually occurred was unusual, bizarre or unforeseeable.
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
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