VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 9.020
Duty to Mitigate Damages
The plaintiff has a duty to minimize his damages. If you find that the plaintiff did not act
reasonably to minimize his damages and that, as a result, they increased, then he cannot recover
the amount by which they increased.
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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