VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 35.000
Statewide Standard of Care for Health Care Providers
A doctor has a duty to use the degree of skill and diligence in the care and treatment of his
patient that a reasonably prudent doctor in the same field of practice or specialty in Virginia would
have used under the circumstances of this case. This is referred to as the standard of care.
If a doctor 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
- Content hash
6025ea594182c765dfb9d063cb3c44d4508d3327da1de524959d149124140756
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