VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 8.095
Employer’s Liability to a Vulnerable Victim
An employer is liable for the actions for the [personal injury or death by wrongful act] of a
vulnerable victim if:
(1) its employee’s conduct occurred while the employee was reasonably likely to be in contact with
the vulnerable victim;
(2) such conduct proximately causes the [personal injury; death];
(3) the employer failed to exercise reasonable care to [control or prevent the employee from
intentionally harming the victim], resulting in an unreasonable risk of the victim suffering [personal
injury; death];
(4) the employer knew or should have known of the ability to control the employee; and
(5) the employer knew or should have known of the necessity and opportunity for exercising
control over the employee.
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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