VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 38.040
Willful Concealment, Shoplifting
[A merchant; An agent of a merchant; An employee of a merchant] who detains a person for not
more than one hour is not liable for false imprisonment if he has probable cause to believe that the
person has willfully [concealed; shoplifted; stolen] goods or merchandise.
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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