VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.070
Agent’s Knowledge Binds Insurer
An insurance company is bound by the knowledge or notice its agent received while he was
acting within his authority, even if he never communicated the information to the company[, unless
the insured acted fraudulently or in bad faith; the agent had no authority to deal with the matters the
notice or knowledge affected, and the insured knew or should have known this; the agent received the
knowledge or notice while he was not acting as an agent, and it was not present in his mind at the time
he did the act which the insured claims is binding on the company].
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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