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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 8.130
Definition of Non-Business Joint Enterprise: Liability of Participants
When two or more persons undertake an activity with a common purpose and have a right to a
voice in the operation and control of the activity, then each is liable for any negligence of the
other[s] that is committed within the scope of the activity.
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
6c3c72bb820791789b202a9306c603f11b176ac09419865ee9908ccbea7633f5
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