VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 18.000
Driver’s Duty to Look and Listen
The driver of a vehicle has a duty to use ordinary care to look and listen effectively for an
approaching train before crossing the tracks and a duty to stay off the tracks if he becomes aware
of an approaching train.
If a driver fails to perform either or both of these duties, he is 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
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