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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 7.050
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Where the plaintiff has proved by the greater weight of the evidence that:
(1) an accident has occurred which normally would not have occurred if the defendant had used
ordinary care; and
(2) the means or instrumentality causing the accident was under the exclusive control of the
defendant; and
(3) the defendant had, or should have had, exclusive knowledge [of the way the instrumentality was
used; how the accident occurred];
you may, but are not required to, decide that the defendant was 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
- Content hash
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