VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.140
Defense to Liability: Loss Not Covered
If the insurance company denies liability on the basis that the loss is excluded by the terms of
the policy, it bears the burden of proof on that issue.
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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