Month: October 2024

GENERAL VERDICT FORM; VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT __________________________ We, the jury in the above-entitled action, find for the defendant[s] and against the plaintiff. DATED this___________ day of   , 200  . FOREMAN NEV. J.I. 12.01 Jay YoungHon. Jay Young (Ret.) is a retired judicial officer with decades of experience presiding over complex civil litigation matters. Following a…

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CONCLUDING INSTRUCTION; GENERAL VERDICT CONCERNING NEGLIGENCE ALONG WITH SPECIAL VERDICT CONCERNING CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE, IF ANY When you retire to consider your verdict, you must select one of your number to act as foreman, who will preside over your deliberation and will be your spokesman here in court. During your deliberation, you will have all the…

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CONCLUDING INSTRUCTION; GENERAL VERDICT WITH SPECIAL FINDINGS During your deliberation, you will have all the exhibits which were admitted into evidence, these written instructions and forms of verdict which have been prepared for your convenience. In civil actions, three-fourths of the total number of jurors may find and return a verdict. This is a civil…

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CONCLUDING INSTRUCTION; SPECIAL VERDICT ONLY During your deliberation, you will have all the exhibits which were admitted into evidence, these written instructions and a special verdict form which has been prepared for your convenience. NEV. J.I. 11.05 Jay YoungHon. Jay Young (Ret.) is a retired judicial officer with decades of experience presiding over complex civil…

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ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL Now you will listen to the arguments of counsel who will endeavor to aid you to reach a proper verdict by refreshing in your minds the evidence and by showing the application thereof to the law; but, whatever counsel may say, you will bear in mind that it is your duty to…

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DUTY OF JUROR TO CONSULT It is your duty as jurors to consult with one another and to deliberate with a view toward reaching an agreement, if you can do so without violence to your individual judgment. Each of you must decide the case for yourself, but should do so only after a consideration of…

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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…

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