VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 46.130
“Quotient” Award Not Permitted
You may not arrive at your award by what is called the “quotient method.” That is, you may not
agree to award the average of your individual opinions of value. An award made in this way is not
valid.
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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