VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 30.050
Electricity: Duty to Insulate Wires
A [person; utility; (name of other producing, transmitting, or distributing entity)] engaged in the
[production; transmission; distribution] of electricity has a duty to keep its transmission lines
properly insulated at places where people might reasonably be expected [to go for work, business
or pleasure; to come in contact with the lines].
If a [person; utility; (name of other producing, transmitting, or distributing entity)] engaged in the
[production; transmission; distribution] of electricity fails to perform this duty, 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
- Content hash
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