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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 35.130
Duty of Hospitals
A hospital has the duty to exercise reasonable care and attention for a patient’s safety as his
mental and physical condition, if known, may require.
If a hospital fails to perform this duty, then it is negligent.
You must determine the degree of care that was required of the hospital by considering only
the expert testimony on that subject.
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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