VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 23.050
Occupant’s Duty to Invitee: Remove Foreign Objects
An occupant of premises has the duty to an invitee to use ordinary care to remove a foreign
substance or object from the floor if the foreign substance or object creates an unsafe condition.
The occupant must do so within a reasonable time after the occupant knew, or should have known,
it was there, regardless of how it got there.
If an occupant fails to perform this duty, then the occupant 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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