Pleading Attorney Fees as Special Damages in Nevada

Litigation Remedies and damages14/04/2016

In Nevada, in order to collect attorney fees as special damages, one must plead and prove:

  1. Plead that they are entitled to collect attorney fees as special damages in the complaint pursuant to NRCP 9(g);
  2. Must plead and prove that fees are a “natural and proximate consequence of the injurious conduct”; and
  3. Must prove fees as to each claim.

Liu v. Christopher Homes, LLC, 321 P.3d 875 (2014); Sandy Valley Assoc. v. Sky Ranch Estates Owners Ass’n, 117 Nev. 948, 956, 35 P.3d 964, 969 (2001).

See elements for other claims at the Nevada Law Library

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