UJI 13-1421. Liability per se; statute or ordinance.

There was in force, at the time the product was _________________ (made, leased or sold), a [statute] [ordinance] which provided that: ________________ _________________________________________ (NOTE: Here quote or paraphrase the applicable statute or ordinance.) If defendant’s conduct was in violation of this [statute] [ordinance], such conduct created an unreasonable risk of injury for which defendant is liable for damages caused to plaintiff by the violation [unless you further find that the violation was excusable or justifiable]. [To legally justify or excuse a violation, the violator has the burden of showing that the violator did that which a reasonably prudent supplier would have done, acting under similar circumstances, in desiring to obey the law].