VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 28.081
Finding Instruction: Tort
You shall find your verdict for the bailor if the bailor proved by the greater weight of the
evidence:
(1) that bailor delivered a (name bailed object) to the bailee under a contract of bailment; and
(2) that the damage to [loss of; destruction of] (name bailed object) was proximately caused by the
negligence of bailee.
You shall find your verdict for the bailee if the bailor failed to prove either or both of the
elements above.
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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