PJC General Negligence 2022

C ONTENTS

PJC 2.3

Child’s Degree of Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Proximate Cause [Generic, Nonproducts Instruction]. . . . . . . . .

PJC 2.4

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C HAPTER 3

NF I ERENTIAL R EBUTTAL I NSTRUCTIONS

PJC 3.1

New and Independent Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

PJC 3.2

Sole Proximate Cause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

PJC 3.3

Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PJC 3.4

Unavoidable Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

PJC 3.5

Act of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

C HAPTER 4 PJC 4.1

AS B IC N EGLIGENCE Q UESTIONS Broad Form—Joint Submission of Negligence and Proximate Cause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

PJC 4.2

Standards for Recovery of Exemplary Damages. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

PJC 4.3

Proportionate Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

PJC 4.4

Proportionate Responsibility If Contribution Defendant Is Joined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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C HAPTER 5

EG N LIGENCE P ER S E

PJC 5.1

Negligence Per Se and Common-Law Negligence. . . . . . . . . . . 67

PJC 5.2

Negligence Per Se and Common-Law Negligence—Excuse. . . 71

PJC 5.3

Negligence Per Se—Simple Standard—Broad Form. . . . . . . . . 73 [PJC 5.4 is reserved for expansion.]

PJC 5.5

Statutory Dramshop Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

PJC 5.6

Defense to Respondeat Superior Liability under Statutory Dramshop Act or Common Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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