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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 10.115
Defendant in Plaintiff’s Lane of Travel
The fact that the defendant’s oncoming vehicle was in the plaintiff’s lane of travel at the time
of impact allows you to find that the defendant was negligent unless you believe from other
evidence that the defendant was not negligent.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
964c8db9d13e6b8cefcf5814253d2eeab5dfcdc5c9f0ab10b3932564deee0617
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