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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 29.020
Dog Owner’s Duty: No Leash Ordinance
If the owner of a dog has no reason to know that his dog might cause injury to others, he may
allow his dog to run free.
If the owner of a dog knows, or should know, that his dog might cause injury, he has a duty to
use ordinary care to prevent injury to others.
If an owner fails to perform this duty, then he 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
506a735634e680d073fc9a05ed2f9f2a29f14c5a0d44812be1e1effc8197d951
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