VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.500
Definition of Accidental
An injury is accidental if it takes place unexpectedly, by chance, or not according to the usual
course of things.
[An accident is an event which creates an effect that is not the natural and probable consequence of
means employed and is not intended, designed, or reasonably anticipated.]
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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