VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 47.820
Accidental Death: Pre-Existing Condition
When the death of the insured was caused not only by the accident, but also by a condition
which existed before the policy became effective, and which substantially contributed to cause his
death, then there can be no recovery.
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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