DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 5.7
Violation of a Statute (Negligence per se)
NEGLIGENCE AS A MATTER OF LAW
A person is considered negligent if he or she violates a [statute / regulation]
that has been enacted for others’ safety. The violation of [identify statute /
regulation] is negligence as a matter of law. If you find that [defendant / plaintiff’s
name] has violated the [statute / regulation] that I am about to read to you, then you
must conclude that [defendant / plaintiff’s name] was negligent.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
bedc9224c50761073f2cd828a109f03e7d4ea284f7855f26f5617807a4145e8f
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