VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 7.000
Sudden Emergency
The [defendant; plaintiff] contends that he was confronted with a sudden emergency. A sudden
emergency is an event or a combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action without
giving time for the deliberate exercise of judgment.
If you believe from the evidence that the [defendant; plaintiff], without negligence on his part,
was confronted with a sudden emergency and acted as a reasonable person would have acted
under the circumstances of this case, he was not [negligent; contributorily negligent].
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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