VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 2.080
Unexplained Failure to Produce Important Witness
If you believe that a party, without explanation, failed to call an available witness who has
knowledge of necessary and material facts, you may, but are not required to, infer that witness’s
testimony would have been unfavorable to the party who failed to call the witness.
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
173a93cc3c90929e682a9c28ff4f3d93db758cc6fcfaec78625bda827c5b193b
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