WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Civil 1145
Res Ipsa Loquitur
If you find (defendant) had (exclusive control of) (exclusive right to the control of)1
the (name the instrument or agency involved) involved in the accident, and if you further
find that the accident in question is of a type or kind that ordinarily would not have occurred
had (defendant) exercised ordinary care, then you may infer from the accident itself and
the surrounding circumstances that there was negligence on the part of (defendant),2 unless
(defendant) has offered an explanation of the accident which is satisfactory to you.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1145 (7/2024). Release No. 57. Wisconsin Court System, 7/2024. 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
6216962bf2e53643313504a1fe0c803c1f11979916ad301e7dd31c67c282bc09
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