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WPI 100.12 Common Carriers—Duty to Protect Invitees From Assault

6 WAPRAC WPI 100.12Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil

6 Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 100.12 (7th ed.)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
April 2022 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part IX. Particularized Standards of Conduct
Chapter 100. Common Carriers
WPI 100.12 Common Carriers—Duty to Protect Invitees From Assault
(No instruction is set forth.)
COMMENT
The prior instruction addressed a common carrier's duty to exercise ordinary care to protect non-passenger invitees from assaults by third parties. The instruction was withdrawn because it is no longer needed. A carrier's duty to protect non-passenger invitees from criminal harm is the same as the duty that any business has to protect its invitees from criminal harm. Accordingly, the applicable instruction in these circumstances is WPI 120.06.03 (Duty to Business Invitee—Protection from Criminal Acts), which applies broadly to all businesses.
On the other hand, if the injured person was a passenger, the applicable instruction is WPI 100.03 (Common Carrier—Duty to Protect Passengers From Misconduct of Others).
[Current as of February 2021.]
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