VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 30.040
Electricity: Furnishing Current for Another’s Line—Duties to Inspect and Withhold Supply
A [person; utility; (name of other producing, transmitting, or distributing entity)] engaged in the
[production; transmission; distribution] of electricity has no duty to inspect a line to which it supplies
electrical current unless it [owns; built; controls; has an interest in the management or operation of]
the line. But a [person; utility; (name of other producing, transmitting, or distributing entity)] does have
a duty not to supply current to a line if it [has actual knowledge of a defect in the line; knows of facts
and circumstances sufficient to put it on notice that the line is defective].
If a [person; utility; (name of other producing, transmitting, or distributing entity)] engaged in the
[production; transmission; distribution] of electricity fails to perform either of these duties, then it 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
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