VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 22.030
Duty to Protect Passengers From Assault by Other Passengers or Strangers
If a common carrier knows, or by the use of proper care should know, that a [passenger;
stranger] probably will become a source of danger or menace to other passengers, it has a duty to
use the highest degree of practical care and foresight to prevent any injury.
If a common carrier 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
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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