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Wis JI-Civil 1047
Contributory Negligence of Guest: Riding with Host
A passenger in an automobile has no duty with reference to the manner in which the
vehicle is momentarily managed. A passenger may assume that the driver understands and
appreciates the control he or she has over the car and that the driver will not operate it in a
negligent manner.
However, if the driver during operation of the vehicle subjects the passenger to an
unreasonable risk of injury and the passenger knows, or, in the exercise of ordinary care,
ought to know, that the passenger is being exposed to such danger, it then becomes the
passenger's duty to use ordinary care for his or her own protection by (taking such action
open to him or her) (making such protest) as a person of ordinary intelligence and prudence
would (take) or (make) under the same or similar circumstances.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1047 (1992). ©1992, 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
- Content hash
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