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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 3.050
Finding Instruction
You shall find your verdict for the plaintiff if the plaintiff has proved by the greater weight of
the evidence that:
(1) the defendant was negligent; and that
(2) the defendant’s negligence was a proximate cause of the plaintiff’s accident and damages.
You shall find your verdict for the defendant if:
(1) the plaintiff failed to prove either or both of the two elements above; or if
(2) you find by the greater weight of the evidence that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent
and that the plaintiff’s contributory negligence was a proximate cause of the accident.
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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