VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 24.010
Landlord’s Duty to Maintain Common Areas
A landlord has a duty to a tenant to use ordinary care to keep common areas in a [reasonably
safe condition; clean condition; structurally safe condition]. Common areas are those parts of the
premises over which the landlord retains control, and which may be used by all tenants.
If a landlord fails to perform this duty, then the landlord 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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