VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.060
Ratification of Agent’s Unauthorized Acts
If an insurance company had knowledge of all material facts, and if it accepted the benefit of
the act of its agent, it is bound by that act, even if it was unauthorized.
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
cc8ba5b799938df4435c718f020e8d83aa5c6a393186412bcd6635b9c204167b
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