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Form 13-1203. Proper lookout; definition.

Collection New Mexico Forms Library
Form Type Jury Instructions
Citations - New Mexico Laws and Court Rules
Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 611 documents
Citations - New Mexico Appellate Reports
Mac Tyres, Inc. v. Vigil - cited by 146 documents

Decision Content

13-1203. Proper lookout; definition.

            The duty to keep a proper lookout requires more than merely looking. It also requires a person to actually see what is in plain sight or is obviously apparent to one under like or similar circumstances.

            Further, with respect to that which is not in plain sight or readily apparent, a person is required to appreciate and realize what is reasonably indicated by that which is in plain sight.

 

USE NOTES

            This instruction is not limited in its application to motor vehicle cases. See Mac Tyres, Inc. v. Vigil, 92 N.M. 446, 589 P.2d 1037 (1979). In a vehicle case, this instruction should be used with UJI 13-1201 NMRA and 13-1202.

[As amended, effective January 1, 1987.]

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