WPI 11.07 Determining the Degree of Contributory Negligence
6 WAPRAC WPI 11.07Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
6 Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 11.07 (7th ed.)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
April 2022 Update
Part II. Negligence—Risk—Misconduct—Proximate Cause
Chapter 11. Contributory Negligence and Imputed Negligence
WPI 11.07 Determining the Degree of Contributory Negligence
If you find contributory negligence, you must determine the degree of negligence, expressed as a percentage, attributable to the person claiming injury or damage. The court will furnish you a special verdict form for this purpose. Your answers to the questions in the special verdict form will furnish the basis by which the court will apportion damages, if any.
NOTE ON USE
Use this instruction with WPI 11.01 (Contributory Negligence—Definition).
Use this instruction with a verdict form containing interrogatories relating to contributory negligence. See verdict forms WPI 45.02 (Special Verdict Form—Contributory Negligence—Single Defendant), WPI 45.22 (Special Verdict Form—Personal Injury/Wrongful Death—Single Defendant—Contributory Negligence—No “Empty Chairs”), WPI 45.23 (Special Verdict Form—Personal Injury/Wrongful Death—Single Defendant—Contributory Negligence—“Empty Chairs”), WPI 45.26 (Special Verdict Form—Personal Injury/Wrongful Death—Multiple Defendants—Contributory Negligence—No “Empty Chairs”), and WPI 45.27 (Special Verdict Form—Personal Injury/Wrongful Death—Multiple Defendants—Contributory Negligence—“Empty Chairs”).
[Current as of September 2018.]
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