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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 34.170
Seller’s Duty: Inspect or Test
If the seller knows, or by using ordinary care has a reason to know, that a product is likely to be
dangerous or defective, he has a duty to make inspections or tests that are reasonably necessary
to see that the product is safe for its intended purpose, and for any other reasonably foreseeable
use.
If a seller fails to perform this duty, then he 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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