2006 Code of Virginia § 8.01-378 - Trial judge not to direct verdicts
8.01-378. Trial judge not to direct verdicts.
In no action tried before a jury shall the trial judge give to the jury aperemptory instruction directing what verdict the jury shall render. If thetrial judge has granted a motion to strike the evidence of the plaintiff orthe defendant, the judge shall enter summary judgment or partial summaryjudgment in conformity with his ruling on the motion to strike.
(Code 1950, 8-218; 1958, c. 208; 1977, c. 617; 1985, c. 214; 1986, c. 253.)
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