VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 30.030
Electricity and Gas: Duty to Inspect and Repair
A [person; utility; (name of other producing, transmitting, or distributing entity)] engaged in the
[production; transmission; distribution] of [gas; electricity] has a duty to make reasonable and proper
inspections of [pipes; mains; wires; appliances; (name of other equipment)] under his control and a
duty to repair promptly and effectively any leak or defect of which he knew or should have known,
regardless of the cause.
If a person fails to perform either or both of these duties, then that person 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
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