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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 8.120
Definition of Business Joint Venture: Liability of Co-Venturers
When two or more persons join in a business enterprise for their mutual benefit with an
understanding that they are to share in the profits or losses and that each is to have a right to
control or manage, then each one is liable for any negligence of the other[s] that is committed
within the scope of the enterprise.
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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