ALL INSTRUCTIONS NOT NECESSARILY APPLICABLE The court has given you instructions embodying various rules of law to help guide you to a just and lawful verdict. Whether some of these instructions will apply will depend upon what you find to be the facts. The fact that I have instructed you on various subjects in this… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: All Instructions Not Necessarily Applicable

PUNITIVE DAMAGES; DEFINITION OF CONSCIOUS DISREGARD OF RIGHTS OR SAFETY OF OTHERS A person acts with conscious disregard of the rights or safety of others when [he] [she] is aware of the probable dangerous consequences of [his] [her] conduct and willfully and deliberately fails to avoid those consequences. NEV. J.I. 1021 BAJI 14.72

PUNITIVE DAMAGES; RECOVERY AND MEASURE  If you find that plaintiff suffered damage as a [proximate] [legal] result of the conduct of the defendant, and upon which conduct you base a finding of liability, you may then consider whether you should award punitive or exemplary damages against defendant [only], for the sake of example and by… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Punitive Damages; Recovery And Measure

PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE; CLOSING INSTRUCTION Whether any of these elements of damage have been proven by the evidence is for you to determine. Neither sympathy nor speculation is a proper basis for determining damages. However, absolute certainty as to the damages is not required. It is only required that plaintiff prove each item… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Personal Injury And Property Damage; Closing Instruction

WRONGFUL DEATH; PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AS PLAINTIFF; SPECIAL DAMAGE AND PENALTIES Plaintiff is the personal representative of, deceased. If, under the court’s instructions, you find that plaintiff is entitled to a verdict against the defendant, you must then award him damages in an amount that will reasonably compensate the estate for any special damages, such as… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Wrongful Death; Personal Representative As Plaintiff; Special Damage And Penalties

WRONGFUL DEATH; HEIR AS PLAINTIFF; GRIEF, SORROW, PAIN, SUFFERING, DISFIGUREMENT; NO DEFINITE STANDARD No definite standard [or method of calculation] is prescribed by law by which to fix reasonable compensation for grief or sorrow [or pain and suffering] [and disfigurement]. Nor is the opinion of any witness required as to the amount of such reasonable… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Grief, Sorrow, Pain, Suffering, Disfigurement; No Definite Standard

WRONGFUL DEATH; HEIR AS PLAINTIFF; PAIN, SUFFERING, OR DISFIGUREMENT OF THE DECEDENT If, under the court’s instructions, you find that [one or more of] the heir[s] is entitled to a verdict, you must also award to such heir[s] as damages an amount representing the pain and suffering [and disfigurement], if any, experienced by the decedent… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Wrongful Death; Heir As Plaintiff; Pain, Suffering, Or Disfigurement Of The Decedent

WRONGFUL DEATH; HEIR AS PLAINTIFF; GRIEF OR SORROW  Any grief or sorrow suffered by the heir [and any grief or sorrow reasonably certain to be experienced by the heir in the future]. NEV. J.I. 10.15 NRS 41.085(4)

WRONGFUL DEATH OF CHILD; HEIR AS PLAINTIFF; LOSS OF PROBABLE SUPPORT, COMPANIONSHIP, SOCIETY AND COMFORT The heir’s loss of probable support, companionship, society and comfort. In determining that loss you may consider not only the benefits that the heir was reasonably certain to have received form the earnings and services of [his] [her] child during… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Wrongful Death Of Child; Heir As Plaintiff; Loss Of Probable Support, Companionship, Society And Comfort

WRONGFUL DEATH OF ADULT; HEIR AS PLAINTIFF; LOSS OF PROBABLE SUPPORT, COMPANIONSHIP, SOCIETY, COMFORT AND CONSORTIUM The heir’s loss of probably support, companionship, society, comfort and consortium. In determining the loss, you may consider the financial support, if any, which the heir would have received from the deceased except for his death, and the right to… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Wrongful Death Of Adult; Heir As Plaintiff; Loss Of Probable Support, Companionship, Society, Comfort And Consortium

WRONGFUL DEATH; HEIR AS PLAINTIFF; INTRODUCTORY Plaintiff[s] [is] [are] the heir[s] of, deceased. In determining the amount of losses, if any, suffered by [one or more of] the heir[s] as a [proximate] [legal] result of the death of, you will decide upon a sum of money sufficient to reasonably and fairly compensate [each] such heir… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Wrongful Death; Heir As Plaintiff; Introductory

LOSS OF USE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Damage to plaintiff as a result of being deprived of the use of his [automobile] [property] during the time reasonably necessary for repairing the damage [proximately] [legally] resulting from the accident. In determining that amount you may consider the reasonable rental value of the [automobile] [property] for the period… Continue reading Nevada Jury Instructions: Loss Of Use Of Personal Property