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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 23.070
Occupant’s Duty to Licensee or Social Guest: Condition of Premises
An occupant of premises has a duty to a [licensee; social guest] to use ordinary care either to
make an unsafe condition safe or warn of the unsafe condition when:
(1) the occupant knows, or should know, of an unsafe condition on his premises; and
(2) the occupant knows, or should know, that it involves an unreasonable risk of harm to a
[licensee; social guest]; and
(3) the occupant knows, or should know, that a [licensee; social guest] will not discover or realize
the unsafe condition; and
(4) the [licensee; social guest] does not know, or have reason to know, of the unsafe condition and
the risk involved.
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
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