DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 10.21
Duty to Maintain Proper Lookout – Pedestrians
DUTY TO MAINTAIN PROPER LOOKOUT – PEDESTRIANS
People have a duty to keep a proper lookout for their own safety. The duty to
look implies the duty to see what is in plain view unless some reasonable explanation
is offered. It is negligent not to see what is plainly visible where there is nothing to
obscure one’s vision, because a person is not only required to look, but also to use
the sense of sight in a careful and intelligent manner to see things that a person in
the ordinary exercise of care and caution would see under the circumstances.
If you find that [party’s name] failed to maintain a proper lookout, you must
find [him/her] negligent.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
8223f2331e99b7e0f57fbfc2a0c6898c0e34d15179081c8e68c2aff9cd6fa07d
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