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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 37.060
Merchant: Probable Cause
If [a merchant; an agent or employee of the merchant] had probable cause to believe that a
customer had shoplifted or willfully concealed merchandise at the time he caused the customer’s
detention or arrest, then the merchant is not liable [for defamatory statements; for insulting words]
made in connection with the detention or arrest.
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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