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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.190
Effect of Proof of Loss on Recovery at Trial
An insured cannot recover more than the amount stated in the proof of loss unless he proves by
the greater weight of the evidence that the additional amounts he now claims were omitted under
a misapprehension, mistake, or in ignorance of material facts that he learned after submitting the
proof of loss.
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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