VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 3.000
Negligence: Issues and Allocation of Burdens of Proof
Your verdict must be based on the facts as you find them and on the law contained in all of
these instructions.
The issues in this case are:
(1) Was the defendant negligent?
(2) If the defendant was negligent, was the defendant’s negligence a proximate cause of the
accident?
On these issues the plaintiff has the burden of proof.
(3) Was the plaintiff negligent?
(4) If the plaintiff was negligent, was the plaintiff’s negligence a proximate cause of the accident?
On these issues the defendant has the burden of proof.
(5) If the plaintiff is entitled to recover, what is the amount of the plaintiff’s damages?
On this issue the plaintiff has the burden of proof.
Your decision on these issues must be governed by the instructions that follow.
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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