DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 10.15
Common Carriers - Duty to Public Generally
DUTY OF COMMON CARRIERS
TO EXERCISE DUE CARE IN OPERATING THEIR VEHICLES
Common carriers must operate their vehicles with reasonable care. A common
carrier is an individual or organization that transports passengers or goods and is
required by law to transport them if the appropriate fare is paid. Common carriers
may start and stop their vehicles only after passengers are fully inside the vehicle
even if they are not seated. There may be minor jolts or jars in the starting or
stopping. The operator of a common carrier must also exercise reasonable care in
picking up and dropping off passengers at a safe place along the carrier’s route.
If you find that [name of common carrier] did not exercise due care in
operating its vehicle when [describe incidents] occurred, then you must find [name
of common carrier] negligent.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
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