UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV309
"Cause" defined.
[If you find that (name of defendant) breached the standard of care, then you must determine whether that failure was a cause of (name of plaintiff)'s harm.]
As used in the law, the word "cause" has a special meaning, and you must use this meaning whenever you apply the word.
"Cause" means that:
(1) (name of defendant)'s act or failure to act produced the harm directly or set in motion events that produced the harm in a natural and continuous sequence; and
(2) (name of defendant)'s act or failure to act could be foreseen by a reasonable person to produce a harm of the same general nature.
There may be more than one cause of the same harm.
MUJI 1st Instruction
6.34; 6.35
Provenance
- Source
- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
- Content hash
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