VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 40.350
Conspiracy to Harm in Trade, Business or Profession (Va. Code Ann. §§ 18.2-499 and 18.2-500): Finding Instruction
You shall find your verdict for the plaintiff if the plaintiff has proven by clear and convincing
evidence:
(1) That [defendants; defendant and at least one other person; (names of conspirators)] acted in
concert, agreed, associated, mutually undertook or combined together;
(2) That they intentionally, purposefully, and without lawful justification injured the plaintiff’s
[reputation; trade; business; profession]; and
(3) That plaintiff suffered damages as a result of these acts.
You shall find your verdict for the defendant if the plaintiff failed to prove any one or more of
these elements.
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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