VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 2.210
Effect of Judge Striking Defense
The court has found that defendant is liable for any injury the plaintiff received from the
accident. Therefore, the only issue you have to decide is the amount of damages the plaintiff is
entitled to recover [if any].
The fact that the Court is submitting only the question of damages to you, and not the question
of legal liability, should not influence you in any way in considering the issue of damages.
[The court has found that the defendant was negligent and that the defendant’s negligence was the
proximate cause of the accident, and that the defendant is liable for any injury the plaintiff received from
the accident. Therefore, the only issues you have to decide are whether the plaintiff was injured as a
result of the accident and, if so, the amount of damages the plaintiff is entitled to recover, [if any].
The fact that the Court is submitting only the questions of injury and damages to you, and not the
questions of legal liability, negligence, or causation, should not influence you in any way in considering
the issues of injury and damages.]
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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