M Civ JI 12.06 Violation by Plaintiff of Rules or Regulations Promulgated Pursuant to Statutory Authority

The [ name of state agency ] in Michigan has adopted certain regulations pursuant to authority given to it by a state statute. [ Rule / Rules ] ________ of [ name of state agency ] [ provides / provide ] that [ here quote or paraphrase applicable parts of regulation(s) as construed by the courts ].

If you find that plaintiff violated [ this regulation / one or more of these regulations ] before or at the time of the occurrence, such [ violation / violations ] [ is / are ] evidence of negligence which you should consider, together with all the other evidence, in deciding whether plaintiff was negligent. If you find that plaintiff was negligent, you must then decide whether such negligence was a proximate contributing cause of the [ injury / damage ] to plaintiff.

Note on Use

See Note on Use to M Civ JI 12.04.

Comment

See Comment to M Civ JI 12.05.

History

M Civ JI 12.06 was SJI 12.08.