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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 3.060
Finding Instruction: Multiple Defendants
You shall find your verdict for the plaintiff and against (name of first defendant) if the plaintiff
has proved by the greater weight of the evidence that:
(1) (name of first defendant) was negligent; and that
(2) (name of first defendant)’s negligence was a proximate cause of the plaintiff’s accident and
damages.
You shall find your verdict for the plaintiff and against (name of second defendant) if the plaintiff
has proved by the greater weight of the evidence that:
(1) (name of second defendant) was negligent; and that
(2) (name of second defendant)’s negligence was a proximate cause of the plaintiff’s accident and
damages.
You shall find your verdict for the plaintiff and against both defendants if the plaintiff has
proved by the greater weight of the evidence that:
(1) both defendants were negligent; and that
(2) the negligence of both defendants was a proximate cause of the plaintiff’s accident and
damages.
You shall find your verdict for either or both defendants if:
(1) as to that defendant, the plaintiff has failed to prove either negligence or proximate cause; or
(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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