PJC General Negligence 2024

C ONTENTS

C HAPTER 2

B ASIC D EFINITIONS IN N EGLIGENCE A CTIONS

PJC 2.1

Negligence and Ordinary Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

PJC 2.2

High Degree of Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

PJC 2.3

Child’s Degree of Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

PJC 2.4

Proximate Cause [Generic, Nonproducts Instruction]. . . . . . . . . 41

C HAPTER 3

I NFERENTIAL R EBUTTAL I NSTRUCTIONS

PJC 3.1

New and Independent Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

PJC 3.2

Sole Proximate Cause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PJC 3.3

Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

PJC 3.4

Unavoidable Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

PJC 3.5

Act of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

C HAPTER 4

B ASIC N EGLIGENCE Q UESTIONS

PJC 4.1

Broad Form—Joint Submission of Negligence and Proximate Cause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

PJC 4.2

Standards for Recovery of Exemplary Damages. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

PJC 4.3

Proportionate Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

PJC 4.4

Proportionate Responsibility If Contribution Defendant Is Joined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

C HAPTER 5

N EGLIGENCE P ER S E

PJC 5.1

Negligence Per Se and Common-Law Negligence. . . . . . . . . . . 69

PJC 5.2

Negligence Per Se and Common-Law Negligence—Excuse. . . 73

PJC 5.3

Negligence Per Se—Simple Standard—Broad Form. . . . . . . . . 75 [PJC 5.4 is reserved for expansion.]

PJC 5.5

Statutory Dramshop Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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