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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 40.300
Conspiracy to Harm in Trade, Business or Profession (Va. Code Ann. §§ 18.2-499 and 18.2-500): Issues
Your verdict must be based on the facts as you find them and on the law contained in all of
these instructions.
The issues in this case are:
(1) Did [the defendants; the defendant and at least one other person; (names of conspirators)] act in
concert, agree, associate, mutually undertake or combine together;
(2) Did they intentionally, purposefully, and without lawful justification injure the plaintiff’s
[reputation; trade; business; profession]; and
(3) Did the plaintiff suffer damages as a result of the acts of [this defendant; these defendants;
(names of conspirators)]?
(4) If the plaintiff is entitled to recover, what is the amount of plaintiff’s damages?
On these issues, the plaintiff has the burden of proof.
Your decisions on these issues must be governed by the instructions that follow.
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
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