VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.220
Answers Recorded by Agent
If an insurance company clearly proves that an answer in the application was untrue when
made, then there is a presumption that the insured knew the answer was false. The burden then
shifts to the insured to come forward with evidence to prove that the insured truthfully gave the
answer but the answer was falsely recorded by the agent.
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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