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If necessary to assess damages which have not been assessed, the court may empanel a jury at its bar to make such assessment, and then enter such final judgment.\n\nNothing in this section contained shall be construed to give to trial courts any greater power over verdicts than they now have under existing rules of procedure, nor to impair the right to move for a new trial on the ground of after-discovered evidence.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1408195,"text":"When the verdict of a jury in a civil action is set aside by a trial court upon the ground that it is contrary to the evidence, or without evidence to support it, a new trial shall not be granted if there is sufficient evidence before the court to enable it to decide the case upon its merits, but such final judgment shall be entered as to the court shall seem right and proper. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1504775,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377348,"identifier":"8.01-430","token":"8.01\/17\/1\/8.01-430","url":"\/8.01-430\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-430\/","token":"8.01\/17\/1\/8.01-430","dublin_core":{"Title":"When final judgment to be entered after verdict set aside","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-430","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the verdict<\/span> of a jury<\/span> in a civil action<\/span> is set aside by a trial<\/span> court<\/span> upon the ground that it is contrary to the evidence<\/span>, or without evidence<\/span> to support it, a new trial<\/span> shall not be granted if there is sufficient evidence<\/span> before the court<\/span> to enable it to decide the case upon its merits, but such final judgment<\/span> shall be entered as to the court<\/span> shall seem right and proper. If necessary to assess damages<\/span> which have not been assessed, the court<\/span> may empanel a jury<\/span> at its bar to make such assessment, and then enter such final judgment<\/span>.<\/p>

Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to give to trial<\/span> courts<\/span> any greater power over verdicts<\/span> than they now have under existing rules of procedure, nor to impair the right to move for a new trial<\/span> on the ground of after-discovered evidence<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN FINAL JUDGMENT TO BE ENTERED AFTER VERDICT SET ASIDE (\u00a7 8.01-430)\n\nWhen the verdict of a jury in a civil action is set aside by a trial court upon\nthe ground that it is contrary to the evidence, or without evidence to support\nit, a new trial shall not be granted if there is sufficient evidence before the\ncourt to enable it to decide the case upon its merits, but such final judgment\nshall be entered as to the court shall seem right and proper. If necessary to\nassess damages which have not been assessed, the court may empanel a jury at its\nbar to make such assessment, and then enter such final judgment.\n\nNothing in this section contained shall be construed to give to trial courts any\ngreater power over verdicts than they now have under existing rules of\nprocedure, nor to impair the right to move for a new trial on the ground of\nafter-discovered evidence.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-352; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}