VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 37.120
Mitigation of Damages: Actions Against Newspapers, Magazines, or Periodicals
You have heard evidence of the circumstances of publication, including the source of the
information [its character as affording reasonable ground of reliance, any prior publication, or an
apology or retraction made by the defendant with reasonable promptness and fairness]. You may
consider this in mitigation of compensatory or punitive damages, but you may not consider it in
mitigation of any out-of-pocket losses actually incurred by the plaintiff.
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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