DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 9.10
Compliance With Regulations or Standards Does Not Preclude Finding of Negligence
COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS OR INDUSTRY
STANDARDS DOES NOT PRECLUDE A FINDING OF NEGLIGENCE
Evidence that [defendant’s name] complied with government regulations or
industry standards does not prove that [defendant’s name] has met its standard of
care, nor does it prevent you from finding in favor of [plaintiff’s name]. Compliance
with governmental or industry standards may be considered as evidence of due care.
But governmental or industry standards do not necessarily set the standard in a
negligence case because an entire industry may have lagged behind the prevailing
standard of reasonable care.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
1466801b4731c420854212d5a4679babbdb73ed320c5623775afe19bb4cc0b48
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