VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 9.050
Property Damage: Total Loss—Diminution in Value Measure of Damages
When personal property is totally damaged, the measure of damages is the difference in value
of the property immediately before and immediately after the accident plus the necessary and
reasonable expenses incurred by the plaintiff as a result of the damage to the property.
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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