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Wis JI-Civil 1380
Negligence: Teacher: Duty to Instruct or Warn
Question asks whether the defendant, , was negligent with respect to
instructing or warning the plaintiff, , of the dangers present in (conducting the
experiment, using the trampoline, etc.).
A teacher occupies a position in relation to his or her pupils comparable to that of
a parent to his or her children. A teacher has the duty to instruct and to warn the pupils in
his or her custody of any dangers which the teacher knows, or in the exercise of ordinary
care ought to know, are present in the classroom (laboratory, gymnasium, etc.) and to
instruct them in methods which will protect them from those dangers, whether the danger
arises from equipment, devices, machines, or chemicals. A failure to warn the students of
such danger or instruct them in means of avoiding such danger is negligence.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1380 (2020). ©2020, 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
419317869071801f2c11a648b6b0dbbc41d8f9af327e25ef0e83d9a26f7bfde2
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