# Chapter 13 Certain Incidents of Trial

This chapter is comprised of the following sections:

- §8.01-374 Procedure when original papers in cause are lost
- §8.01-374.1 Consolidation or bifurcation of issues or claims in certain cases; appeal
- §8.01-375 Exclusion of witnesses in civil cases (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived in part from this section and subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived from this section)
- §8.01-376 Views by juries
- §8.01-377 Remedy when variance appears between evidence and allegations
- §8.01-377.1 Summary judgment
- §8.01-378 Trial judge not to direct verdicts
- §8.01-379 Argument before jury
- §8.01-379.1 Informing jury of amounts sued for
- §8.01-379.2 Jury instructions
- §8.01-379.2:1 Spoliation of evidence
- §8.01-379.3 General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatories
- §8.01-380 Dismissal of action by nonsuit; fees and costs
- §8.01-381 What jury may carry out
- §8.01-382 Verdict, judgment or decree to fix period at which interest begins; final order; judgment or decree for interest
- §8.01-383 Power to grant new trial; how often
- §8.01-383.1 Appeal when verdict reduced and accepted under protest; new trial for inadequate damages
- §8.01-384 Formal exceptions to rulings or orders of court unnecessary; motion for new trial unnecessary in certain cases
- §8.01-384.1 Interpreters for deaf or hard of hearing in civil proceedings
- §8.01-384.1:1 Interpreters for non-English-speaking persons in civil cases
- §8.01-384.2 Waiver of discovery time limitations by parties