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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 33.300
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: Finding Instruction
You shall find your verdict for the plaintiff if he proved by clear and convincing evidence:
(1) that the defendant [had the specific purpose of inflicting emotional distress upon the plaintiff;
intended his specific conduct and knew, or should have known, that his conduct would likely result in
emotional distress]; and
(2) that the defendant’s conduct was outrageous and intolerable in that it offends generally
accepted standards of decency and morality; and
(3) that the plaintiff suffered severe emotional distress; and
(4) that the plaintiff’s emotional distress was proximately caused by the defendant’s conduct.
You shall find your verdict for the defendant if the plaintiff failed to prove any one or more of
the four elements above.
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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