VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 41.050
Probable Cause
The defendant in a malicious prosecution action is not liable if he acted with probable cause in
instituting criminal proceedings against the plaintiff. This is true even if the plaintiff was acquitted
and even if the defendant acted with malice.
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
4695b3c32880f804f8d77dba337b0749a2578a39d2ec77e24e69be544173a87b
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