UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV1015
Negligence. Definition of "Negligence."
[Name of plaintiff] seeks to recover damages based upon a claim that [he] was injured due to [name of defendant]'s negligence. You must decide whether [name of defendant] was negligent.
Negligence means that a [manufacturer/designer/tester/inspector] did not use reasonable care in [designing/manufacturing/testing/inspecting] the product [to avoid causing a defective and unreasonably dangerous condition] [to eliminate any unreasonable risk of foreseeable injury]. Reasonable care means what a reasonably careful [manufacturer/designer/tester/inspector] would do under similar circumstances. A person may be negligent in acting or failing to act.
For example, a [designer/manufacturer/tester/inspector] of a product might be required to use more care if a prudent [designer/manufacturer/tester/inspector] would understand that more danger is involved in the use of the product. In contrast, a [designer/manufacturer/tester/inspector] of a product may be able to use less care because a prudent [designer/manufacturer/tester/inspector] would understand that less danger is involved in the use of the product.
The [designer/manufacturer/tester/inspector] of the product owes a duty of reasonable care to any persons who the [designer/manufacturer/tester/inspector] expects would use the product.
Provenance
- Source
- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
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