WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Civil 1500
Cause
In answering question(s), you must decide whether someone’s negligence
caused the (accident) (injury). (This) (These) question(s) (does) (do) not ask about “the
cause” but rather “a cause” because an (accident) (injury) may have more than one cause.
Someone’s negligence caused the (accident) (injury) if it was a substantial factor in
producing the (accident) (injury). An (accident) (injury) may be caused by one person’s
negligence or by the combined negligence of two or more people.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1500 (2021). Release No. 52. Wisconsin Court System, 2021. 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
c0d43c0b684975619c4681d27304b075c93c9fd2b61beb2ed872c2a7de3ff10d
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