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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 32.050
Finding Instruction
You shall return your verdict for the plaintiff if he proved by the greater weight of the
evidence:
(1) that the city [created; had actual or constructive notice of] a defect [in; on] a [street; sidewalk;
bridge]; and
(2) that the city negligently failed to [repair; warn of] the defect; and
(3) that the city’s negligence was a proximate cause of the plaintiff’s accident and damage.
You shall return your verdict for the city:
(1) if the plaintiff failed to prove any or all of the three elements above; or
(2) if the city proved by the greater weight of the evidence that the plaintiff was negligent and
that his or her 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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