VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.160
Estoppel to Assert Forfeiture
An insurance company, or its agent, knowing that the insured has breached a condition of the
policy, may say or do something that leads the insured to believe that the policy will not be
forfeited. If the insured relies in good faith on the statement(s) or action(s) of the insurance
company or its agent, the insurer cannot assert a forfeiture of the policy. The burden is on the
insured to prove by clear, precise, and unequivocal evidence that the company or its agent knew of
the breach of a condition of the policy, that the company or its agent did or said something that led
the insured to believe that the policy would not be forfeited, and that the insured in good faith
relied on that conduct of 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
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