VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 4.010
Burden of Proof
The plaintiff has the burden of proving by the greater weight of the evidence that the
defendant was [negligent; grossly negligent; willfully or wantonly negligent] and that the defendant’s
negligence was a proximate cause of the accident and any of the injuries to 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
07a7b2bcdd7687c9a31bcc14166cbfc24c9bb3dfb070717e2f8a2bef1b3d5d86
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