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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 21.020
Employee’s Duty of Care
An employee has a duty to use ordinary care for his own safety at the time and place in
question.
If an employee fails to perform this duty, then 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
8b615966ed50d3e4f92ca6adea353381ba7a5cb92832c44c7f715a91a31f2aac
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