VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 6.060
Contributory Negligence: Right to Assume Ordinary Care
The plaintiff has a right to assume that the defendant will [use ordinary care; obey the law] until
he realizes, or in the exercise of ordinary care should realize, that the defendant is not going to do
so.
[The defendant has a right to assume that the plaintiff will [use ordinary care; obey the law] until he
realizes, or in the exercise of ordinary care should realize, that the plaintiff is not going to do so.]
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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