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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 21.000
Railroad’s General Duty of Care
A railroad has a duty to use ordinary care to provide its employees with a safe place in which to
work and safe equipment with which to do the work. Ordinary care is the care a reasonable person
would have used under the circumstances.
The railroad’s duty of care is measured by what is reasonably foreseeable under like
circumstances. It is not required to have anticipated or foreseen the precise [injury; damage] that
occurred, but it is sufficient that a reasonably prudent person would have anticipated or foreseen
that some [injury; damage] might probably result from the negligent act.
If a railroad fails to perform this duty, then it 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
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- vacourts.gov
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- 2026-10-11
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- civ-2026-04-01
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