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ELEMENTS OF NEGLIGENCE CLAIM

In order to establish a claim of negligence, the plaintiff must prove the following elements by a preponderance of the evidence:

  1. That the defendant was negligent; and
  1. That the defendant’s negligence was a [proximate] [legal] cause of damage to the plaintiff.

NEV. J.I. 4.02

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