VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 5.005
Multiple Proximate Causes
There may be more than one proximate cause of [an accident; a collision; an injury; damages;
death]. If the negligence of a defendant proximately caused injury to (name of plaintiff/decedent)
then the negligence of that defendant is a proximate cause of [name of plaintiff/decedent]’s [injury;
damages; death] even if there were other acts or omissions that caused (name of plaintiff/decedent)’s
[injury; damages; death].
[If you find that there is a superseding cause for the plaintiff’s [injury; damages; death], you shall find
for the defendant(s)].
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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