VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 8.050
Scope of Employment: Multiple Motives
The employer is responsible for its employee’s actions if the employee was trying to some
extent to serve the employer’s business even though the primary motive of the employee was to
benefit himself or a third person.
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
03910134e9b4ec21a4b385c4474e3b0781d9eaab37abc0498e0d4b14455a131d
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