Jay Young | Retired Las Vegas, Nevada Judge | Mediator | Arbitrator | Special Master
Nevada Jury Instructions JURORS MUST USE EVERYDAY COMMON SENSE; VERDICT MAY NEVER BE INFLUENCED BY SYMPATHY, PREJUDICE OR PUBLIC OPINION Although you are to consider only the evidence in the case in reaching a verdict, you must bring to the consideration of the evidence your everyday common sense and judgment as reasonable men and women. Thus,…
Nevada Jury Instructions CORPORATIONS AS PARTIES One of the parties in this case is a corporation. A corporation is entitled to the same fair and unprejudiced treatment as an individual would be under like circumstances, and you should decide the case with the same impartiality you would use in deciding a case between individuals. NEV….
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Nevada Jury Instructions INSURANCE: COLLATERAL SOURCES [You are not to discuss or even consider whether or not the plaintiff was carrying insurance to cover medical bills, loss of earnings, or any other damages he claims to have sustained.] [You are not to discuss or even consider whether or not the defendant was carrying insurance that…
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Nevada Jury Instructions IMPARTIALITY OF THE COURT If, during this trial, I have said or done anything which has suggested to you that I am inclined to favor the claims or position of any party, you will not be influenced by any such suggestion. I have not expressed, nor intended to express, nor have I…
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Nevada Jury Instructions LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: It is my duty as Judge to instruct you in the law that applies to this case. It is your duty as jurors to follow these instructions and to apply the rules of law to the facts as you find them from the evidence. You must…
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Nevada Jury Instructions USE OF INSTRUCTIONS If, in these instructions, any rule, direction or idea is repeated or stated in different ways, no emphasis thereon is intended by me and none may be inferred by you. For that reason, you are not to single out any certain sentence or any individual point or instruction and…
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Nevada Jury Instructions MASCULINE FORM OF PRONOUN INCLUDES FEMININE OR CORPORATION The masculine form as used in these instructions, if applicable as shown by the text of the instruction and the evidence, applies to a female person or a corporation. NEV. J.I. 1.02 BAJI 1.10 Jay YoungHon. Jay Young (Ret.) is a retired judicial officer…
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Nevada Jury Instructions WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT EVIDENCE The evidence which you are to consider in this case consists of the testimony of the witnesses, the exhibits, and any facts admitted or agreed to by counsel. Statements, arguments and opinions of counsel are not evidence in the case. However, if the attorneys stipulate…
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Nevada Jury Instructions JURORS FORBIDDEN FROM MAKING ANY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION You must decide all questions of fact in this case from the evidence received in this trial and not from any other source. [You must not make any independent investigation of the facts or the law (or consider or discuss facts as to which…
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Nevada Jury Instructions DIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE There are two kinds of evidence; direct and circumstantial. Direct evidence is direct proof of a fact, such as testimony of an eyewitness. Circumstantial evidence is indirect evidence, that is, proof of a chain of facts from which you could find that another fact exists, even though it…
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