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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 9.040
Aggravation of Injuries by Health Care Provider
If you believe by the greater weight of the evidence:
(1) that the defendant is liable for the plaintiff’s injuries;
(2) that the plaintiff used reasonable care in selecting a [physician; other health care provider] to
treat his injuries; and
(3) that the treating physician [or other health care provider] made the injuries worse,
then the plaintiff is entitled to damages from the defendant for the increase in his injuries
caused by the [physician; other health care provider].
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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