VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 4.015
Fact of Accident Is Not Proof of Negligence
The fact that there was an accident and that the plaintiff was injured does not, of itself, entitle
the plaintiff to recover.
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
bcb67d26333776f8b4c3c78c21258d39373eb9d75212fc6137b111c8dc9ee619
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