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Wis JI-Civil 1025.7
Bailment: Duty of Bailee under a Bailment for Mutual Benefit
(Negligence: Defined, Wis JI-Civil 1005.)
A bailee for hire (in the absence of a contract to the contrary) owes a duty to exercise
ordinary care with respect to the property which is the subject of the bailment. While a bailee
for hire is not an insurer of the bailed property against loss, damage, or destruction, a bailee
has the same duty to exercise ordinary care with respect to the property which an ordinary
prudent person would exercise in the protection of his or her property from loss, damage, or
destruction.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1025.7 (2009). ©2009, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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