VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 45.000
Issues and Burden of Proof
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) Was there a contract between the parties?
(2) If there was, did (name of defendant) breach it?
On these issues (name of plaintiff) has the burden of proof.
(3) Was the contract impossible to perform?
On this issue (name of defendant) has the burden of proof.
(4) If (name of plaintiff) is entitled to recover, what is the amount of his damage?
On this issue (name of 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
- Content hash
b37711f7a73fa65a4eccebbcd80e6caf7808d7ddc699c45fe0f70404365e9546
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