VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 5.000
Definition of Proximate Cause
A proximate cause of [an accident; a collision; an injury; damages; death] is a cause that, in
natural and continuous sequence, produces the [accident; collision; injury; damage; death]. It is a
cause without which the [accident; collision; injury; damage; death] would not have occurred.
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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