UJI 13-1634. Strict liability for nondelegable duty.

In this case ________________ (defendant) employed __________________ (independent contractor) to do work that was likely to create a substantial risk of physical harm to others. Therefore, ___________________ (defendant) is liable for any harm caused by the absence of reasonable precautions necessary to avoid the harm. In determining whether reasonable precautions necessary to avoid the harm were absent, you should decide what precautions would have been taken by a reasonably prudent person having full knowledge of the risk.