VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 23.060
Occupant’s Duty to Social Guest: Activities on Premises
An occupant of premises owes a duty to a social guest on the premises to use ordinary care in
his activities or conduct to avoid injury to the social guest.
If the 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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